compound
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“We obviously hope for every co-investment to get this large,” Scott Wilson, WashU’s endowment chief, wrote in an email, “but few businesses compound at this rate for such a long period of time.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
In addition to building their resumes, teens able to invest a portion of their pay from working also have the potential to maximize the opportunity for those dollars to compound for decades to come.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
While much more research is needed before the compound could be tested in people, the discovery opens the door to a new treatment strategy.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Some of the biggest winners over the past five years, on a total shareholder return compound annual growth rate basis, might be surprising.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
“But that’s inside our house. The outside one’s for bodily waste, full of quaternary ammonium compound chemicals. You know, like that stinky blue soup at the bottom of a porta potty.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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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