compact
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By contrast, the team's compact telescope was originally designed for studying Earth's magnetosphere and weighs less than ten kilograms.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
To address these obstacles, a team led by Airi Toida and Prof. Yuichiro Ezoe of Tokyo Metropolitan University has proposed using a compact X-ray telescope on a satellite orbiting the Moon.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 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
GM has said that, even with tariffs, those models—four compact SUVs that sell for less than $30,000—make money.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Mini got out her compact, and Aru caught on right away.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Vocabulary lists containing compact
com-, con-
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