compound
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As his star rose, he attracted amused attention with his Manhattan penthouse and Palm Beach compound, both outfitted to the gills in golden decor.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
“The more high-quality businesses that reach public markets, the greater the chance that a handful will compound at outsized rates and anchor index returns over a decade or more.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Over the past year, North Korea has completed major construction projects that had stalled for years, including Pyongyang’s largest hospital, a greenhouse complex bigger than New York’s Central Park and a new beach-resort compound.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
A promising experimental compound developed by researchers at ETH Zurich could offer a new way to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Fifi and Manuel have already taken off, and we've got a couple of hours to kill before they get back and we can return to the compound.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing compound
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 5
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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