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compact

[kuhm-pakt, kom-, kom-pakt, kuhm-pakt, kom-pakt] / kəmˈpækt, kɒm-, ˈkɒm pækt, kəmˈpækt, ˈkɒm pækt /






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The last World Cup was in Qatar, making it the most territorially compact World Cup ever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I knew when I wrote this book that it was going to break the compact readers have with contemporary fiction where someone changes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

It could also help pave the way for compact optical atomic clocks that may play important roles in future communications and navigation systems.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Also gone is a line that says districts “shall be as compact in form as practicable,” so get ready to see more avant-garde shapes that belong in the Museum of Modern Art.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The other boy had several centimeters on Frankie, but Frankie had the lithe, compact build and ruthlessness of a Carpathian lynx.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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