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compound

[kom-paund, kom-paund, kom-paund, kuhm-paund, kom-paund] / ˈkɒm paʊnd, kɒmˈpaʊnd, ˈkɒm paʊnd, kəmˈpaʊnd, ˈkɒm paʊnd /






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The compound had been largely vacant after laws limiting the operations of the U.N.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The compound still requires further chemical refinement and must be tested in additional animal species before researchers can consider moving toward human clinical trials.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

On 23 August, Cooper Freeman had no idea clouds above his head were being filled with a silver compound in order to cause rainfall.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

We don’t know the older brother’s retirement assets, the size of his current mortgage or his financial ability to carry a $3 million compound.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

To compound this—all these unpleasant recollections to the contrary—so much remained of the old Bunny, the one I knew and loved.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Many farmers are "seriously worried" about the availability of potassium and compounds over the next year, Logan said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The death of writing compounds the death of reading,” Mr. Marriott asserts, “further unmooring our culture from its foundations in the written word.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

This approach to weather modification, now more than 80-years-old, involves using planes and drones to disperse compounds such as silver iodide into clouds to form ice crystals.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Those roots contain fragrant compounds that can be extracted to make essential oils.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Yet in the last fifty years we have built a food system that strips many of those healthy compounds out of our foods.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Studies on Baiga households have found widespread nutritional deficiencies, compounded by poor uptake, external of public services.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Over 25 years and 4,561 episodes, each of her small suggestions compounded into massive cultural shifts — significant transformation, from which there’s no going back.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The shortage is compounded by the high cost of diesel fuel, the group said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Sadly, the $2,000 payment the 82-year-old mother made to her neighbor for clearing her garage is symptomatic of a lapse in judgment about the basic concepts of money, value and reasonableness, compounded by emotion.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

If she was having flashbacks of Tartarus, enhanced and compounded with all her other bad memories, her mind wouldn’t be able to cope.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Let’s assume that $50,000 would be worth $216,000 in 30 years with compounding.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Some states have since turned to compounding pharmacies, which make customized, non-FDA-approved versions of prescription medicines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Not being able to work costs her money, compounding the financial pressures caused by the war, she added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

If the FDA agrees with the panel’s recommendation, six of the seven injectable peptides they evaluated will no longer be barred from pharmacy compounding.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Traffic has been getting increasingly worse, and the GPS apps keep giving everyone the same alternate routes, just compounding the problem.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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