Thesaurus results for COMPENDIUM

compendium

noun

kəm-ˈpen-dē-əm

Definition of compendium

as in compilation

a collection of writings a book entirely devoted to poodles—a compendium of writings by breeders, trainers, and others in love with the breed

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Recent Examples of compendium The loss was a compendium of failure, as the Rays struggled in all aspects of play. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026 Among the books found missing from UCLA's collections were classic compendiums of Chinese cultural heritage. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for compendium

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Noun

The new quad-die chip is a serious powerhouse for top-tier local AI inference, heavy software compilation, and high-throughput video rendering.

— Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
The duo contributed to various underground compilations and festivals such as NorCal NoiseFest.

— Susan Young, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of compilation

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Lourd, 34, and Beatty, 26, star in the fourth season of the Netflix anthology series as sisters Emma and Lizzie Borden, respectively.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Brennan, who creates the megahit Netflix true-crime anthology with prolific producer Ryan Murphy, says writing these seasons about infamous serial killers isn’t the challenge — the hard part is deciding who to make the season’s subject.

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026