compend

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Noun
  • The result is something closer to an artist's sketchbook than a conventional travel compendium.
    John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
  • As the Center for Economic and Policy Research shows in its Majority Agenda compendium, there are a range of issues — from health care to affordable housing to fair scheduling laws — where bold policy solutions are favored overwhelmingly by Americans.
    Eileen Appelbaum, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Without ever using the words, this House of the Dragon season evokes all-too-real fears about police funding, abridgment of freedom of speech and the insidiousness of theocratic rule.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
  • That, plus a picture of Lincoln’s stovepipe hat, remains its best abridgment.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • According to a summary of the agreement released by the city Friday, Los Angeles World Airports, the Port of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power would need to enter into their own service agreements with LA28.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.
    Ryan J. Rusak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • The abbreviation dates to the early 20th century, and the spelling emcee emerged as the spoken form became a standalone noun and verb, meaning to host or present an event.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Rod Stewart recently had trouble breathing on stage Richie's concert abbreviation comes days after another music icon appeared to struggle on stage.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 25 June 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
  • Similar concerns were raised about the merger of the SAG and AFTRA health plans in 2017, which was followed by a significant curtailment in benefits a few years later.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 June 2026
  • In exchange for the curtailment of some freedoms, the people submit to an authority, thereby gaining protection and security.
    George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Add shortening and continue cutting in until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal with butter bits no larger than small peas.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • Cut in butter or shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
    Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • There wasn’t a full script, there was an outline.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 June 2026
  • Photos of the interior of the travel stop show a glittery chandelier made of guitars, with a logo on the front of the building that includes Parton's silhouette sitting on an outline of Tennessee, as seen in The New York Times.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
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“Compend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compend. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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