condense
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As it loses energy, it can condense into long, narrow structures known as filaments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
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
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
You're thinking, "Mars's atmosphere isn't liquid. Why does the Hab's air condense?"
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
“Management sees a broader market” once the company condenses its bulky, rack-mounted systems into smaller chips in a few years, he wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Ms. Bohman condenses decades into this brief, potent book, jumping from Hanna’s disoriented youth to her success as a painter of dark mountain scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
They found that this process occurs through phase separation, a phenomenon similar to oil droplets forming in water, and they believe it reflects how chromatin condenses inside living cells.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
As the smoke rises, water vapor in the air condenses at high altitudes, creating what is known as a pyrocumulus cloud, or fire cloud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025
Every thought I have condenses into that heartbeat, moving at the same rhythm.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
The simulated gas moved and condensed in ways that closely resembled the observed system.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
The tale of Henry and Carlos is outlined in condensed lyrical strokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The movie is more condensed than the novel; Hitchcock accepted that the film medium cannot access the inner thoughts of a human being, and so significant swaths of the book were excised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
She later returned to play out a condensed set.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
He was breathing heavily through the nostrils and his ginger brush cut was beaded with droplets of condensed mist.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
Options for a restart could include condensing the remaining matches to a limited number of venues and playing more double-headers to reduce the time needed.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
Even condensing the story, there’s no fixing the ridiculous ending by which point the film is out of gas.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
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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