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These tools are compact, making them easy to store and keep in your vehicle.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

However, he also said that the compact is woefully out of date and should be scrapped and rewritten to match the reality of the shrinking river.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Instead, they propose that it illustrates one possible stage in the evolution of these compact red sources.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Earlier observations from NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope had already provided an early glimpse of the dust-obscured, compact galaxy population in the lower-redshift universe that includes the Saguaro.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

As befitted the central player in the Constitutional Convention, Madison emphasized the various legal obligations imposed by the compact of 1787.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“We would all benefit together by figuring out the community compacts required to enable sustainable development across the country,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

By design, the details of how "freedom cities" would be established are laden with legalese like "federal enclaves with special economic and jurisdictional zones" or "interstate compacts."

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025

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

She reached for a plastic tray of cosmetics, the compacts clicking and bumping against each other as she dug for the right color.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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

Firn is partially compacted granular snow found near the upper portions of glaciers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 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

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

Some lone hiker, even more impatient than I, had pushed through ahead of us and compacted the snow a little, which helped.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

A digger methodically spread it out, compacting it as it worked.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

“There are a lot of other very important priorities, and there are logistical difficulties in getting that water into the compacting parts of the aquifer system,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 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