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as in hard
having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure
a mattress with a compact foam core
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as in packed
having little space between items or parts
compact soil that should provide good support for the plant
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as in concise
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
compact prose without a single wasted word
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as in treaty
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples
a five-nation compact to control drug traffic
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as in agreement
an arrangement about action to be taken
the two made a compact never to artificially prolong the other's life in the event of incapacitating illness or injury
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as in to consolidate
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control
the media giant decided to compact all of its far-flung operations onto a single site
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as in to compress
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
compact the snow into a tight ball for throwing
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Recent Examples of compact
Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
At the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, located near the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus, a $75,000 grant six years ago helped the museum install compact shelving, which allowed the organization to store more objects on-site in better conditions.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Daniel Wallach, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
There was already a lot to like about Honda's compact, which eschews lamentable trends like an over-reliance on touchscreens for good old-fashioned physical controls.
—Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
Instead, transfer them over to one of the slim, travel-friendly bottles and jars from this top-selling 18-piece set, which comes with its own travel pouch to keep everything together and compact in your suitcase.
—Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Walkability is a civil rights issue, something that people outside New York, San Francisco and other compact, dense cities deserve—safe streets to get to work, to school, to child care, to the store, whether on foot, wheelchair, whatever.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
At the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, located near the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus, a $75,000 grant six years ago helped the museum install compact shelving, which allowed the organization to store more objects on-site in better conditions.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
Both states risk losing billions of dollars in revenue-sharing payments under state-tribal gaming compacts which guarantee Native American tribes either total or substantial exclusivity over casino-style gaming.
—Daniel Wallach, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
There was already a lot to like about Honda's compact, which eschews lamentable trends like an over-reliance on touchscreens for good old-fashioned physical controls.
—Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
These clumps will then collapse as the density increases, compacting into ever denser cores.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
Instead, transfer them over to one of the slim, travel-friendly bottles and jars from this top-selling 18-piece set, which comes with its own travel pouch to keep everything together and compact in your suitcase.
—Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compact
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.—
Alia Wong,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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Over the decades, dust has blown the contaminated soil off the bases and abundant rains have pushed the dioxin into waterways and the densely packed surrounding neighborhoods, contaminating fish as well as ducks and chicken that people raise for food.—
Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
17 Mar. 2025
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Following a 2-1 win in the Estadio La Ceramica, Ancelotti again returned to the theme of having a packed calendar and little recovery time.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This Side of the Island is a more concise and conceptual effort, compared to his last full-length, 2020’s The Loves of Your Life, which is a masterpiece of musical storytelling.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2025
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Keeping prices down Bartell, who is the president of Bartell Hotels and the chairman of the San Diego Tourism Marketing District, attributes the extended success of Humphreys to a concise plan.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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That same year, facing intimidation by land-hungry settlers, the Shawnee signed another treaty ceding most of their Kansas reservation to the government, leaving the area around the mission to the Methodist church.—
Alfredo Sosa,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Mar. 2025
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Some politicians have floated establishing a post-independence defense treaty with Denmark, Canada, or even the United States, which already has a military base in the Arctic Circle in far northwest Greenland.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Most captives have been released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.—
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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On Saturday, Venezuela’s special envoy for peace talks, Jorge Rodríguez Gómez, announced an agreement with the US to repatriate Venezuelans detained in the US back to Venezuela.—
Merlin Delcid,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Currently Hugo Boss is consolidating New York personnel into its Mexico operation, which will then provide back office functions for the whole of the Americas region, Mueller said.—
Cathrin Schaer,
WWD,
13 Mar. 2025
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The plan included consolidating underperforming retail locations and workforce reductions.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
13 Mar. 2025
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It's considered lossless to the eye, but the signal is actually compressed at a 3:1 ratio.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Liberal leadership race was compressed, and Carney was far ahead all along, so his opponents were not motivated to challenge him too much.—
Stephen Maher,
TIME,
9 Mar. 2025
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The outcome is a solid software foundation that allows data scientists and developers to concentrate on creating AI solutions instead of grappling with infrastructure.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The approach is working with Wallace, a notoriously slow starter, off to a solid beginning to the 2025 season.—
Jeff Gluck,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Compact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compact. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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