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
Terms & Conditions offers an alternately riotous and meditative compendium of the Black experience.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
In this compendium collection, which includes pieces Kincaid published in The New Yorker and The Village Voice over her long career, completist fans fond of insight can enjoy some of her more penetrating essays.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 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
Terms & Conditions offers an alternately riotous and meditative compendium of the Black experience.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
In this compendium collection, which includes pieces Kincaid published in The New Yorker and The Village Voice over her long career, completist fans fond of insight can enjoy some of her more penetrating essays.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 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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And this year, the housing and mental health nonprofit produced a compilation film, Changing Minds Young Filmmaker Festival, made up of winning submissions from its long-running Changing Minds initiative.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
4 Jan. 2026
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Watch the compilation above to see four stepdads experience life-changing moments of love and belonging.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
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The anthology series, which has garnered accolades at the New York Festivals Radio Awards and the Irish Podcast Awards, was brought to the stage with a live show at the London Podcast Festival in 2022 and a second live show in Dublin in 2023.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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The next chapter in Murphy’s anthology will examine the infamous American crime, trial and aftermath.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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