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Because the antenna is compact and lightweight, it can also be customized for different parts of the body, potentially improving patient comfort during imaging.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Upon awarding the prize, a member of the Nobel committee likened the technology’s ability to store enormous amounts of stuff in seemingly compact spaces to Hermione Granger’s enchanted handbag in the Harry Potter series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Marshall Islands achieved independence in 1986, and continues to have a defence compact with the United States that allows missile tests on its territory.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The company has begun selling a two-seat, fully-electric compact car in the U.S.—the Topolino, which translates to “little mouse” in Italian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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

Under such compacts, the U.S. partners are technically sovereign nations that rely on U.S. financial support and defense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

For years, American drivers have been gravitating toward sport utility vehicles and away from sedans, compacts and hatchbacks.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

Chida was the chief architect of five-year compacts with the University of California and California State University, pledging financial stability in exchange for gains in graduation rates, access and affordability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

In compacts, we ourselves determine and promise what shall be done, before we are obliged to do it; in laws, we are obliged to act without ourselves determining or promising any thing at all.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023

Kaz had told her to keep an eye out for women using similarly made mirrored compacts at the Crow Club.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

The fibers are then compacted even more tightly to fit inside the nucleus.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025

These layers of ice holding dust, compacted for centuries, perhaps millennia, may be able to tell us about the atmosphere, temperatures and snowfalls deep into the past.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

Owen and Caitlin were able to have their own rooms, as Sarah's crafts were compacted into the living room in a large cupboard.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

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

“We have to be strategic with what we do with this recharge. Where subsidence is causing the most harm, we’ve got to try and get it to those compacting aquifers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024

He has defended himself by saying his focus was on "social compacting", or building consensus.

From BBC ● May 31, 2024

And because the ice is stable, the thick annual layers can accumulate for centuries, compacting into ice.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2024

However, there are also many disadvantages of compacting your lifestyle into a space not much bigger than a motel room.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

After picking for two long hours, Roberto helped Mama make more room in her sack by lifting it upright and shaking it several times up and down, compacting the cotton to the bottom.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez