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condense

[kuhn-dens] / kənˈdɛns /


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That indicated that RNA had a substantially stronger tendency to condense.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

As it rises, it expands and cools, allowing the moisture it carries to condense, forming large clouds.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The ice-cream maker will eventually need to condense and centralize all of the AI agents created inside the company, though it’s aiming not to disrupt employee creativity in the process, Friedlander said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

"It can't create rain where there is no moisture in the air, but it just 'forces' some of the water to condense in one location rather than another," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025

The form of the angel seemed to condense and swirl into a little vortex in midair, and then a blackbird swooped down onto the grass at Will’s feet.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

The method captures the balance between water vapor produced as air rises and water vapor removed as it condenses onto droplets.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

As the air rises, it cools, and the water vapour condenses into a cloud.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

As the Sun heats the ground, the water vapour suddenly condenses.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

The libretto, by the composer and Manuelle Mureddu, efficiently condenses the novel using a chorus as both narrator and the village community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

When pressure in the reactor gets too high, a safety valve opens and allows steam to escape into the torus, where it condenses back into water.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The Pentagon this year condensed more than 200 religious affiliation codes to 31, initially eliminating specific classifications for atheists, Unitarian Universalists, pagans and Wiccans, among others.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

His script is remarkably faithful to the book, just condensed for efficiency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

As that material condensed, tiny magnetic minerals could have recorded the strength of the surrounding field.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Given the condensed nature of the games, there is going to be a fair degree of rotation from Slovenia away, to Switzerland at home, to North Macedonia away and Slovenia at home.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Every schoolchild knew of the information abuses that nearly brought down civilization before the Thunderhead condensed into power.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Essentially, cloud seeding speeds up the natural process of water vapor condensing inside of clouds.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Instead, like a still condensing sugar-saturated slop into a refined liquor, this downsizing concentrates the force of his images, shifting the mood from one of frivolity to seriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

The Ombudsman also found the commission "limited the possibility of its departments to provide meaningful input" by condensing internal consultations into "less than 24 hours over a weekend".

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

Even condensing the story, there’s no fixing the ridiculous ending by which point the film is out of gas.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

Some scientists toyed with the idea that the spiral nebulae were not distant island universes but rather nearby condensing clouds of interstellar gas, perhaps on their way to make solar systems.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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