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compendious

[kuhm-pen-dee-uhs] / kəmˈpɛn di əs /


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The genius of Kosky’s singularly musical production is that it magically makes the orchestra itself a compendious magic flute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Sony’s new set is one of the most compendious efforts at archival excavation that the major labels have yet offered.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2021

Nonetheless, astronomers and astrophysicists came together to write a single compendious paper about the event.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 16, 2017

It may be odd not to find it in this compendious store of resonances .

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 11, 2015

Of all languages, this is the most compendious in complement, and consequently fittest for courtiers and ladies....

From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by John Willcock




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