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 numbers here are a compendium from several sources including Lancet, Nature and several public health and weather websites; mileage may vary.
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Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
The academy’s compendium of Complete Rules for the 98th Oscars runs 50 pages.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 July 2025
Emily Rose on balancing art, life Rose's album is a compendium of songs that dives into every aspect of balancing art and life alongside raising a child, from diapers to speaking sentences.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 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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Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
The academy’s compendium of Complete Rules for the 98th Oscars runs 50 pages.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 July 2025
Emily Rose on balancing art, life Rose's album is a compendium of songs that dives into every aspect of balancing art and life alongside raising a child, from diapers to speaking sentences.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 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
Noun
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For prompting strategies to invoke personas, see my compilations at the link here and the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Each individual character spawns their own stan following, fancam edits, out-of-context YouTube compilations, and more.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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Farrell and costar Cristin Milioti are both nominated for their performances in limited/anthology series categories.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The new film is a spiritual sequel to Basu’s 2007 film Life In A Metro, which was also an anthology focusing on human relationships amid city life.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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