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as in comprehensive
covering everything or all important points
her compendious knowledge of the monarch butterfly
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as in concise
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
a compendious summary of the referendum before the voters
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Recent Examples of compendious
In The Great Miscalculation: The Race to Save New York City’s Citicorp Tower (New York University Press, $27.95), Michael M. Greenburg goes into compendious detail about the debacle.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
The curious thing about this compendious, scrupulously researched biography, so rich in basketball and cultural lore, is that the best parts are not about basketball at all.
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Thomas Beller,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2023
Although employment has begun to recover, the need to create jobs has prompted several Indian states to suspend many of the country’s compendious labour regulations.
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The Economist,
27 June 2020
Nonetheless, astronomers and astrophysicists came together to write a single compendious paper about the event.
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Adrian Cho,
Science | AAAS,
16 Oct. 2017
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
The curious thing about this compendious, scrupulously researched biography, so rich in basketball and cultural lore, is that the best parts are not about basketball at all.
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Thomas Beller,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2023
Although employment has begun to recover, the need to create jobs has prompted several Indian states to suspend many of the country’s compendious labour regulations.
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The Economist,
27 June 2020
Nonetheless, astronomers and astrophysicists came together to write a single compendious paper about the event.
—
Adrian Cho,
Science | AAAS,
16 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compendious
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Without discussing too much in detail, councilmembers raised several potential alternatives during the meeting, including parking garage subsidies, downtown employee waivers and a comprehensive citywide review of parking programs.
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The first stage began in July 2025, when Meta announced comprehensive measures targeting accounts that repeatedly share unoriginal content without meaningful enhancement, building on enforcement actions that had already been taken against 500,000 accounts in the first half of the year.
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From defining an impact thesis to developing an investment process, the roadmap outlines five concise steps for integrating aging considerations into long-term investment strategies.
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Use concise bullet points and focus on what actually matters in the day-to-day role.
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Officers from multiple city departments also conducted a thorough inspection of the property in April, animal control field operations manager Bryan Harkey told the Observer.
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After this preliminary assessment, the Georgia State Patrol was asked to take over the investigation to ensure a thorough and independent review.
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For a team that began the season with off days coming at a premium, a brief stretch with two open dates is a respite from the wear and tear of a long season.
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So far, operations have run relatively smooth, save for a brief power outage that led to a pretzel shortage.
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It’s surrounded by a six-acre preservation full of towering conifers.
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Hochul is focusing on 100 acres, which is twice as large as Creedmoor, and the full Aqueduct tract is more than 200 acres.
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The judge considered hundreds of pages of evidence and testimony from San Diego officials, homeowners and their lawyers and determined that the city had not met the burden for what is called summary adjudication in any of the five causes of actions.
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Such rights obviously do not include summary execution at sea.
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Don't wait for a perfect plan or extensive training; real learning in pricing, marketing, and operations occurs through direct action and adaptation.
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Battiloro was arrested following an extensive investigation and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and multiple traffic offenses, according to prosecutors.
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Many have prizes, billboards and screens playing panoramic videos on loop.
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Even cities like Paris have plenty of options for cooling off in summer, from swimming in the Seine to Emily in Paris famous pools like Molitor (plan to spend a full day and lunch at the panoramic rooftop restaurant).
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“Compendious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compendious. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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