compend

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Noun
  • On Wednesday the world-famous dining compendium inducted a handful of restaurants that will appear in the statewide guide, slated to be published later this year.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Plus, this year’s compendium contains some information that past editions have not featured — new information that helps explain the speed-up in the rate of global warming in recent years.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board candidates who are suing the Shelby County Election Commission over term abridgment had a win in court recently.
    Brooke Muckerman, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 8 Jan. 2026
  • At the start, Henry labored alone, and Frank applied himself to another joint project, an abridgment of the O.E.D.
    Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The general format for interviews, subject to change, is to have each candidate make a three-minute introduction, answer brief questions from council members, then deliver a one-minute summary.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • With respect to Google, the suit says the company’s core search engine and its artificial intelligence summary feature called AI mode were responsible for publishing victims’ personal information.
    Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The party is an Iranian-Kurdish nationalist separatist group known by the local abbreviation PAK.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The abbreviation served as camouflage.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The attack on the independence of Stars and Stripes is a powerful recapitulation of earlier moments in American military history, moments which make clear the blind alley down which Hegseth is charging his brigades at full speed.
    Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Nestled between an introduction section and an ending, Zhang found a familiar pattern: exposition, development and recapitulation.
    Stella Mayerhoff, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The management plan outlines when and how those curtailments occur.
    Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Its resurgence has raised concerns among minorities and women workers who fear a potential curtailment of women’s rights if conservative elements gain influence.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • To make some, stir together equal parts flour, shortening, and vegetable oil, then brush this generously on the surface of the pan.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Faux-chrome hubcaps and brick outlines resembling fenders decorate the building’s skin; those giant gargoyles on the corners are overscale replicas of radiator-cap hood ornaments.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2026
  • An outline of the strike zone appeared, followed by a graphic showing the pitch itself.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Compend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compend. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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