compact

Example Sentences

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Hunter is a new flavor of “Star Trek” skipper; casual and compact, she curls up in her captain’s chair, stretches out wherever convenient and goes about barefoot.

From Los Angeles Times

The zinc-cellulose antenna is rolled into a compact shape and placed inside the pill along with the medication.

From Science Daily

The social compact that endured since that trauma was that Iranians would acquiesce to hardship and restrictions in return for a strong state that protects them from foreign attack.

From The Wall Street Journal

After several generations of breeding, the team developed two promising goldenberry lines that combined compact growth with strong flavor.

From Science Daily

"How can all of this be happening at once in such a young, compact system?"

From Science Daily