compactness
Example Sentences
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Under coach Sergej Barbarez, a former professional poker player, the gritty Bosnians rarely gamble, instead playing a disciplined and physical style that emphasizes compactness and swift counterattacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Yet often it is the compactness of Shakespeare’s writing that troubles translators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
She achieved such compactness through exquisite craftsmanship and a degree of precision that did not waste words.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2024
"The compactness of the thin-film lithium niobate platform allows tight integration of several components on the same small chip and helped shaping up the concept of four-phase electrooptic modulators."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
Unlike the long-limbed, long bodied animals of the south that are cooled by dispensing heat on extended surfaces, all live things in the Arctic tend toward compactness, to conserve heat.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
