condense
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Aerosols act like tiny seeds around which water vapour can condense, making some clouds brighter or longer-lived.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
As it loses energy, it can condense into long, narrow structures known as filaments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 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
If it got too moist, we were afraid that the moisture would condense on the coldest equipment, just as a pitcher of ice tea on a hot summer day gets dripping wet on the outside.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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The coating encourages more droplets to appear as water vapor condenses while also making it easier for those droplets to leave the surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
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
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As the bark burned, tar vapors condensed against the cooler surface, leaving behind a sticky residue that could be collected.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
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
In many ways, the past month has been the Fury-Joshua saga of the past decade condensed into a few chaotic weeks.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The following is an edited, condensed version of our conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
My work, which had appeared so vague, so hopelessly diffuse, condensed itself as he proceeded, and assumed a definite form under his shaping hand.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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With his breath condensing in clouds in temperatures double figures below zero, a foreman summed the attitude that is common here, when I asked him why Russia was attacking them.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
By condensing decades of kidney aging into just a few months, the model provides a practical way to evaluate how existing and experimental treatments affect organ resilience over time.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 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
A little more condensing would have been welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Then the shapes of things begin to emerge, grayish and glimmering and insubstantial, as if they’re condensing from the air.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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