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How to use the word compact in a Sentence?

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The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the states; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their nationality, nor have they been reduced to the condition of one and the same people. If one of the states chooses to withdraw from the compact, it would be difficult to disapprove its right of doing so, and the Federal Government would have no means of maintaining its claims directly either by force or right.

Alexis de Tocqueville

added by Normando
11 months ago

I highly recommend the Aeropress due to its compact size and easy cleanup, it not only produces a delicious cup of coffee that can rival any coffee shop, but when combined with a hand-held grinder, you can have freshly ground coffee wherever you are.

Nadine Gehrmann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When the body is warmed, the water ice restructures to a more stable and compact form, and the trapped gas can escape, this could explain ‘Oumuamua’s behavior but doesn’t need to invoke any exotic chemistry or physics.

Jennifer Bergner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These pre-compact rights are part of the whole knot that needs to be untangled here, (Congressional) legislation probably can’t do much about that, and I’m sure there would be litigation if it attempted to.

Sarah Porter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These compact remnants of dead stars show a fundamentally different distribution and structure to the visible galaxy, the ‘height’ of the galactic underworld is over three times larger in the Milky Way itself. And an amazing 30 percent of objects have been completely ejected from the galaxy.

David Sweeney

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

In the 99-year history of the compact, we have complied with those provisions of the compact, they are getting what they agreed to.

Kevin Rein

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With microlensing, we're able to probe these lonely, compact objects and weigh them. I think we have opened a new window onto these dark objects, which can't be seen any other way.

Jessica Lu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

All Men have a Right to remain in a State of Nature as long as they please: And in case of intolerable Oppression, civil or religious, to leave the Society they belong to and enter into another. When Men enter into Society, it is by voluntary Consent, and they have a Right to demand and insist upon the performance of such Conditions and previous Limitations as form an equitable original Compact.

Samuel Adams

added by Normando
2 years ago

These people live in a compact environment where COVID spreads easily, isolation is almost impossible. They can’t access hospitals. They are very vulnerable to losing their incomes.

Arief Anshory Yusuf

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The debris field is scattered throughout, and it’s compact, extremely compact.

Alan Cominsky

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When he's on, it's really impressive, the sound his ball makes when it comes off his irons ... it's a short, compact move. It's fun to play with and it's fun to watch.

Justin Thomas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing the obtaining of happiness and safety.

George Mason

added by Normando
3 years ago

The amazing thing with the foldable technology is that it can also become more compact like this, incredible, right?

Sally Hyesoon Jeong

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

A white dwarf is a very compact star, as such, close to the star, the gradient of the gravitational field can be very large.

Tinggui Wang

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We see two compact sources that we interpret as circumstellar disks around the two young stars, the size of each of these disks is similar to the asteroid belt in our Solar System and the separation between them is 28 times the distance between the Sun and the Earth.

Felipe Alves

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We started the game really compact and aggressive, pressing hard. I think we dominated the game in the first 30 minutes, unlucky that we conceded at the end of the first half, in the last minute.

Mauricio Pochettinos

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We have very limited information about the composition of the surface. Rocky terrain, methane lakes, cryovolcanoes - we potentially have all of these, but we don't know for certain, so we thought about how to create a system that is versatile and capable of traversing different types of terrain but also compact enough to launch on a rocket.

Ali Agha

Found on CNN
4 years ago

[In the case of] dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil.

James Madison

added by Normando
4 years ago

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would make every Oregon voter more powerful in electing a president, this is the constitutionally conservative way to ensure that every voter in every state is politically relevant in every presidential election while preserving the Electoral College.

John Koza

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are fundamentally changing the perception of a (urban) car, particularly car experience, the AI:me has very compact dimensions but ... it shows the urban mobility, especially premium mobility, doesn't need to feel small. Cars are becoming a living room space.

Thomas Owsianski

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If we're seeing the birth of a compact object in real time, this could be the start of a new chapter in our understanding of stellar evolution, we looked at this object with many different observatories, and of course the more windows you open onto an object, the more you can learn about it. But, as we're seeing with the Cow, that doesn't necessarily mean the solution will be simple.

Brian Grefenstette

Found on CNN
5 years ago

When you mutate the gene, it basically shrinks the plant like an accordion so you can make it much more compact.

Zachary Lippman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We targeted genes that we knew from our experience could make the plant more compact and manageable, farmers have been saying,' if you can just get them to behave, we'd be growing acres of these.'.

Van Eck

Found on CNN
5 years ago

For me, Messi is the best player in the world and Neymar is very close, but at this World Cup, the star-studded teams relying on the big names are already on the beach. It's the compact, united teams fighting for something that are still around.

Zlatko Dalic

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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