condense
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Thomas’s style of speaking, in fact, resembles poetry, with rapid juxtapositions of images and a tendency to condense memories from different time periods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 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
This phenomenon involves cooler, heavier blobs of plasma that condense high above the Sun's surface and then plunge back down.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
Meteorology produces an overwhelming amount of data; it's difficult to condense it into a snappy, TV or digital app-friendly prediction.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
The men soon discovered how difficult it was to condense a novel into sixty pages, the average script length for a one-hour program.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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As the Sun heats the ground, the water vapour suddenly condenses.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
As the air rises, it cools and the water vapour condenses into a cloud.
From BBC ● 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
As this nuclear fireball grows, it mixes with the surrounding atmosphere, cools, and eventually condenses into tiny solid particles that become nuclear fallout.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 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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The following excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Readers of Mr. Stannard’s biography will find much of the material in “Like a Cat Loves a Bird” familiar, albeit presented in a highly condensed form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Skyrmions were first proposed in particle and nuclear physics before later becoming an important area of study in condensed matter physics and magnetic materials.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
She later returned to play out a condensed set.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
In its dark belly, moisture swirled and condensed into droplets.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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"What this study suggests is that we may be able to offer those same patients a path to meaningful relief in less than one week by condensing 25 TMS treatments over just five days."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 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
For Kelly Burton, a mental health nurse from Crewe, condensing her hours into a four-day week since July has given her “perfect work-life balance”.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024
Still nervous, Mom knelt down to check on Philip to ensure he was condensing oxygen appropriately.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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