- present tense form of compound (3rd person singular).
compounds
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Tishler and his Merck colleagues supplied the chemical and manufacturing expertise needed to turn compounds into medicines that could be widely produced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
NPR described the outcome as a striking rejection of the FDA’s stance, pointing out that every one of these compounds lacks the large, well-controlled clinical trials required to prove safety and effectiveness in humans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
In its 2026 review, the European Food Safety Authority noted that the compounds detected in the rat study could have been impurities already present in the administered sucralose.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Earlier work by the same team, published in 2018, had identified compounds that dissolve in fat in the urine and feces of rats given sucralose.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
One of the earliest pesticides associated with cancer is arsenic, occurring in sodium arsenite as a weed killer, and in calcium arsenate and various other compounds as insecticides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
