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compendious

[kuhm-pen-dee-uhs] / kəmˈpɛn di əs /


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The genius of Kosky’s singularly musical production is that it magically makes the orchestra itself a compendious magic flute.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Nonetheless, astronomers and astrophysicists came together to write a single compendious paper about the event.

From Science Magazine Oct. 16, 2017

It may be odd not to find it in this compendious store of resonances .

From The New Yorker Oct. 11, 2015

He was the author of almost 90 books, the most famous of which was the compendious Churchill biography begun in the 1960s by Churchill’s son, Randolph.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2015

The complete institutions of which this academy had to boast, even in its outset, are described in a compendious manner by its accomplished secretary, in his work entitled the New Guide, already frequently cited.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Antonio Lanzi




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