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
Still, having a car can condense a one-hour journey with multiple transfers into a 20-minute drive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But in the freezing environments surrounding rogue planets, carbon dioxide would eventually condense and lose much of its warming ability.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 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
Yes, it’s becoming thicker, as if it has pressed up against a glass window and is being forced to condense.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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
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
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
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
As that material condensed, tiny magnetic minerals could have recorded the strength of the surrounding field.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
A portion of their conversation, which has been edited and condensed for clarity, appears below.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Every song feels different. It’s like every feeling I’ve ever felt condensed into 13 songs,” Lo said, in between sips of her iced tea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Will had found a tin of condensed milk, and the cat had lapped it hungrily and then begun to lick her wounds.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
"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
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
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
The train is full of rain-soaked people, steam rising off their clothes and condensing on the windows.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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