compendiousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for compendiousness
Noun
  • But Lanegan turns out, despite his initial bout of laconism, to be forthcoming, even charming.
    Jim Greer, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • There’s also something about the crispness of fall air that makes a hot bowl of soup feel like a warm hug.
    Essence, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Cozy sweaters and fireplaces and a certain crispness in the air.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The rapidity and the terseness of the onscreen action leaps from scene to scene, from event to event, from one salient point to the next, with nothing incidental in between, nothing revealing anything besides what directly elucidates the story as Polanski chooses to tell it.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Tengbjerg, a fifty-one-year-old former pro soccer player from Denmark, is fit and trim, with a mischievous, no-nonsense brusqueness not generally associated with massage therapists.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Moisturizing, soothing, and redness reducing, Erborian’s CC Cream is the ultimate cult-favorite beauty product.
    Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In contrast, the abruptness of Kimmel’s suspension has sent shock waves throughout Hollywood.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Soliman is known as an elegant dresser, but his apartment was in bachelor-pad disarray, a reflection of his long hours at the hospital and the abruptness of his detention, said his friends, also clerics.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Volpe was a focus of both media sessions, as Boone and Cashman detailed the extent of his shoulder problem and were both asked why the team stuck with him as the everyday shortstop despite the injury and his diminishing play.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Organizations with a poor data foundation see diminishing returns from technology investments, while those with superior data infrastructure experience accelerating returns.
    Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Compendiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compendiousness. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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