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compacts

  • present tense form
    of compact (3rd person singular).
    compact
    adjective
    joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid.

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Congress established the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and tribal-state compacts to protect this sovereign framework.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“The social compacts that the people have sown in them are very ingrained.”

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

For years, American drivers have been gravitating toward sport utility vehicles and away from sedans, compacts and hatchbacks.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

Chida was the chief architect of five-year compacts with the University of California and California State University, pledging financial stability in exchange for gains in graduation rates, access and affordability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

I did not understand the nonimportation compacts which my countrymen in their anger had raised against English products.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson