compends

noun

plural of compend
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compends
  1. abbreviations
  2. compendiums
  3. summaries
  4. inventories
  5. outlines
  6. synopses
  7. recaps
  8. abstracts
Noun
  • There will be controversy, grift and venality, supporters will get lost and lose themselves in a fog of legalese, accounting and abbreviations — VAR, SCR, LOL, FFS — there will be ugliness and misgivings and a lot of meh.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For spacing purposes, Steele has removed the following words – left, at, by, went, had, in, the, to, for, and, then and got – and has crafted his own abbreviations.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of abbreviations
Noun
  • But before streaming made separating singles wheat from album chaff almost free and very easy, greatest-hits compendiums were ubiquitous, a way for the industry to turn early investment into real profit.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Among the books found missing from UCLA's collections were classic compendiums of Chinese cultural heritage.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of compendiums
Noun
  • Headway condenses nonfiction and fiction books into 15-minute summaries that make key ideas easier to fit into your schedule.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Brands have little to no data about their products outside of returns, reviews, and high-level quality summaries from the factory.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • Fuel inventories that act as shock absorbers have already been tapped.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
  • With the onset of the autumn agricultural harvest and winter heating seasons, domestic distillate inventories, including diesel, continue to trend downward.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • Lichtenstein rose to prominence for canvases that drew inspiration from bold black outlines, flat bright colors, and fields of dots that defined commercial printing across comic books, advertisements, and newspapers.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Love Days retraces the outlines of Ettie’s life through the story of Susanna Moore.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • See the full list of additions to Rooftop’s summer film series below, with all synopses provided by Rooftop.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
  • See full details, including Denver Film synopses and each show’s openers, below.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of synopses
Noun
  • Only the machinations of ABC/Disney and my own rogue immune system have kept me from writing recaps here on Vulture over the last 11 years.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In a press release, Pearl Abyss t recaps that Crimson Desert has had 17 major updates since its release on March 19.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of recaps
Noun
  • Scroll down past the first five abstracts for the research in question.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The New York Times first reported Tuesday that two COVID vaccine papers and abstracts of studies on a shingles vaccine were blocked by FDA officials.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 May 2026
Definition of abstracts
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“Compends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compends. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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