Example Sentences
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Even the design of farm machinery was considered — and tractors were fitted with wider tires to ensure that soil was less compacted when driven over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
Firn is partially compacted granular snow found near the upper portions of glaciers.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
It was always going to be difficult for the second period to match the high-octane tempo of the first, and instead the decisive moments, both mad and magnificent, were compacted into the final few minutes.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
These layers of ice, compacted over centuries, perhaps millennia, form an archive of climate indicators, yielding data on past snowfall, temperatures, atmosphere and dust.
From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025
He has his field light and is swinging its beam repeatedly over a welter of compacted wreckage in the far corner-stones and cement and splintered wood.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
