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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
condense .
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Examples
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As a matter of fact, this condensed expression condenses a series of positive features, rising above the controversial and dark facets of migration, beginning with the observation that "the passage from monocultural to multicultural societies can be a sign of the living presence of God in history and in the community of mankind, for it offers a providential opportunity for the fulfillment of God’s plan for a universal communion" n.
Archive 2008-07-27 papabear 2008
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The relative specific heats are almost irrelevant – it’s the latent heat of water vapour which allows it to absorb and give up hundreds of times more heat than any other atmospheric gas when it vapourises and condenses, which is how water vapour “heat exchanges” in the atmosphere.
Christopher Monckton: Apocalypse Cancelled « Climate Audit 2006
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RIM's BlackBerry OS "condenses" e-mail messages to reduce strain on wireless networks and speed up delivery.
PCWorld 2010
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RIM's BlackBerry OS "condenses" e-mail messages to reduce strain on wireless networks and speed up delivery.
BNET Articles Rick Broida 2010
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(10: 23: 17 PM): there is positive air in our band room, it kind of condenses in a musical way on things, christmas is air. pizza!
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I know Tyrannosaur condenses it into 90 minutes, but these things happen.
Paddy Considine: 'I'm trying to make sense of a lot of things' 2011
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Ms. Di Novelli's efficient libretto condenses the book and Rescorla's life story into a series of vignettes that illustrate the formation of Rescorla's philosophy of soldiering and hammer home the opera's themes, bolstered with his favorite quotes from Rudyard Kipling and Raymond Chandler.
Sanitized 9/11 Heroics Heidi Waleson 2011
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At the technical and recreation levels, the structure condenses creating almost solid knots.
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It also condenses some account-specific links under a gear icon, like the settings button in Google's Chrome browser.
Faster Forward: Google socializes search further, redesigns nav bar 2011
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But they can't do that now either, because the closest place to move that water is the "condenser unit," so-called because during normal operations it takes the steam that runs the turbines and condenses it into water.
Focus at Power Plant Turns to Water Mitsuru Obe 2011
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