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as in shrunk
to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter
over time the once-fluffy material in the pillow had condensed into a lumpy wad
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as in squeezed
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
condense the information into as brief a report as possible
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as in reduced
to increase the strength of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances
added condensed milk to the mix
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Recent Examples of condensed
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
This second-and-8 play against Mississippi State has numerous Steve Sarkisian staples (play action from a condensed formation with pre-snap motion).
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Leia Mendoza, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Beat together sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
This second-and-8 play against Mississippi State has numerous Steve Sarkisian staples (play action from a condensed formation with pre-snap motion).
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
This interview has been edited and condensed.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for condensed
Verb
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Entire project cycles could be compressed into a fraction of the time.—
John Akkara,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Stock indexes released to new highs and Treasury yields compressed toward five-month lows as investors took the uptick in weekly jobless claims as permission to look through 3%-ish inflation and price in multiple Fed rate hikes.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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At one point, Detroit squeezed 38 points out of six possessions, turning a close game into a major reality check for the Bears.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Why American farmers are feeling squeezed It's been a tough year for America's farmers.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Passenger travel time between Paris, Europe’s second-largest metropolitan area, and Milan, Europe’s third-largest metropolitan area, will be reduced to 4½ hours from 6½-7½ hours.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Nearly half the agency's staff has been reduced, including hundreds of FSA employees.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
19 Sep. 2025
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This happens when its dense stellar corpse is close enough to its companion star to allow its gravity to begin stripping away the partner's stellar material.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The resulting configuration provides much denser storage than conventional all flash parallel file systems.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The chain has shrunk to 426 Steak ‘n Shake locations as of 2024, from its peak of over 600.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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By early 2004, Janus Capital had shrunk to $145 billion in assets.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
15 Sep. 2025
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Whereas previous metal pollution records extracted their silt, or evidence from areas far from their sources— upland peat cores or mountain and polar glaciers, Cambridge specifies –the most recent data comes from the epicenter of production, a paleochannel of the River Ure, Cambridge explains.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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The New Extraction Economy Early colonial powers extracted gold, spices and resources from distant lands while giving little back to local communities.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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This could make the PLX design a simpler, more affordable, and more compact way to study and create fusion energy.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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The smallest snake in the state, the pygmy rattlesnake, packs a punch given its compact size.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Sep. 2025
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Labor shortages have shrunk harvests while tariffs have upped import prices.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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My eyes shrunk to slits, trying to spot the glow sticks that The Medellín Cartel had affixed to their bounty, which slowly lit up the water’s surface like fluorescent fireflies.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Condensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condensed. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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