compacted
Example Sentences
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The scans produced detailed three dimensional images of the compacted material inside the tooth sockets without damaging either the fossils or the sediment.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Even the design of farm machinery was considered — and tractors were fitted with wider tires to ensure that soil was less compacted when driven over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
It was always going to be difficult for the second period to match the high-octane tempo of the first, and instead the decisive moments, both mad and magnificent, were compacted into the final few minutes.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
On Thursday, mangled metal screeched as an excavator compacted the skeletons of former homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
That’s why the nuclei of atoms are so compacted and dense and why elements with big, crowded nuclei tend to be so unstable: the strong force just can’t hold on to all the protons.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
