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 ban, which was featured in a Park Service compendium of regulations that dated May 20, went into effect after several protests at El Capitan made headlines.
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This book, more think-tank report than scholarly monograph, provides a useful factual compendium of background material about Polish defense policy—although the absence of an index or a digital version remains a major obstacle to its efficient use.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Terms & Conditions offers an alternately riotous and meditative compendium of the Black experience.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
This compendium showed not only running domestic animals (dogs and cats, cows and pigs) but also a bison, a deer, an elephant, and a tiger, as well as a running ostrich and a flying parrot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2019
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This book, more think-tank report than scholarly monograph, provides a useful factual compendium of background material about Polish defense policy—although the absence of an index or a digital version remains a major obstacle to its efficient use.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Terms & Conditions offers an alternately riotous and meditative compendium of the Black experience.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
This compendium showed not only running domestic animals (dogs and cats, cows and pigs) but also a bison, a deer, an elephant, and a tiger, as well as a running ostrich and a flying parrot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compendium
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New Music Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs and albums recommended by Billboard and Billboard Español editors.—
Luisa Calle,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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Underneath this Adam Sandler comedy’s goofy jigs and fart jokes is a compilation of emotional horrors as potent as any jump scare.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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The anthology drama débuted in 2011, and its creator, Charlie Brooker, quickly established his interest in the promise and perils of artificial intelligence.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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As Screen Rant reported in 2019, Carpenter and Hill originally planned the Halloween franchise films to be an anthology of standalone movies that took place on Halloween night, and the creators felt Michael's arc ended in Halloween II.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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