compacted
Example Sentences
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On Thursday, mangled metal screeched as an excavator compacted the skeletons of former homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
The fibers are then compacted even more tightly to fit inside the nucleus.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025
Fill and soil are compacted onto the slab and topped with several layers of asphalt.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025
These layers of ice, compacted over centuries, perhaps millennia, form an archive of climate indicators, yielding data on past snowfall, temperatures, atmosphere and dust.
From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025
After walking on the dusty, compacted gravel floor of the midway for the last three hours, they feel like they’re two sizes bigger than they actually are.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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