compends

noun

plural of compend
as in abbreviations

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  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
  • Many users express frustration with AI's inaccuracies, misleading information, and the intrusive nature of AI summaries.
    — Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Agentic systems require enterprises to understand where personal data is transformed into summaries, classifications, profiles, embeddings or other persistent outputs that may still relate to an individual.
    — Kobi Nissan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of summaries
Noun
  • Longer-term supply agreements first, then prepayments and strategic inventories, then financing arrangements or direct investments in producers.
    — Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As power demand rose, natural-gas inventories were drawn down.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventories
Noun
  • Haring, whose artwork is characterized by bold outlines and rhythmic figures punctuated by playful wit, has become synonymous with the 1980s New York downtown art scene.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Things turned ugly when the outlines of the Khashoggi offer emerged.
    — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 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 7 Oct. 2026.

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