compact
adjective
has compacted
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present perfectof compact (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Moving the tournament from the summer to the fall has compacted the schedule so there will be four games daily in the first round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
The soil beneath Eyrewell Forest is shallow and has compacted gravel beneath, preventing trees from developing deep roots.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2017
I think I was meant to be taller than 5ft 9in, but I've spent most of my energy training instead of growing, so the sport has compacted me.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2012
On the airless moon, it is likely that dust has compacted in the same way.
From Time Magazine Archive
As in the case of a ship or a house, he who built them takes them down most easily; so the same nature which has compacted man most easily breaks him up.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
