compound

Example Sentences

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However, when researchers treated these cells with a compound that boosts metabolism, the negative effects were prevented.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Using his acute sense of smell and training to detect a chemical compound within explosives, Magawa would then alert human handlers of mines that could be later safely removed.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

While Pozen doesn’t keep formal price targets, he expects the stock to deliver compound annual total returns in the low teens over the next three to five years.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Empty-nesters and former rodeo competitors are selling the compound, which includes several barns and an indoor equestrian facility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

We marched along a path between twisted rolls of barbed wire and through a wide gate into a compound of low tin-roofed barracks.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom