compacted

Example Sentences

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On Thursday, mangled metal screeched as an excavator compacted the skeletons of former homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The researchers also found that synthetic condensates closely resemble compacted chromatin found in cells.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025

Fill and soil are compacted onto the slab and topped with several layers of asphalt.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

These layers of ice, compacted over centuries, perhaps millennia, form an archive of climate indicators, yielding data on past snowfall, temperatures, atmosphere and dust.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

And the tracks of Lord Asriel’s sledge ran to the brink...and on, across a bridge of compacted snow.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman