compact
Example Sentences
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That’s a tall order for a compact book, especially given its subject’s long, complicated life.
From Los Angeles Times
At the next locker over, a girl with frizzy brown curls applied lipstick behind a small gold compact.
From Literature
Today Prague is one of the most visited cities in Europe, the national capital for a compact Czech nation-state.
The study also helps explain the increasing variety of compact binary mergers observed through gravitational waves.
From Science Daily
Researchers also found that the cochlea itself is relatively short and compact, which helps it process ultrasonic vibrations.
From Science Daily
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