COMPENDS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

compends

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plural of compend

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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

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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

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Bain & Company found that 80% of consumers now rely on AI summaries for at least 40% of their searches, and that organic traffic has fallen 15% to 25% as a result.

— Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Strengthening connection with residents through timely updates, plain language summaries of major decisions and earlier community input.

— Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of summaries

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Emergency inventories, meanwhile, have reached dangerously low levels and have not been replenished.

— RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
Blanch estimates at least 350 million barrels have disappeared from the global above-ground oil inventories since levels peaked in March.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of inventories

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Goh begins each coffin by tracing the outlines on the wood with a pencil before cutting and shaping it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
In New York City, light-up drones recreated the outlines of the twin towers that used to be a fixture in the skyline before they were demolished in the attacks.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of outlines

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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

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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
In addition, the Times learned that FDA officials did not allow agency scientists to submit two abstracts for studies on Shingrix, a shingles vaccine, to a major drug safety conference.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026

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