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to make greater in size, amount, or number
we compounded our error by waiting too long to call for help
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to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole
the German language's propensity for compounding words
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Recent Examples of compounded
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
The withdrawal on a global scale was also compounded by rollbacks at a national level.
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Brian Delp,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Tech stocks sold off for much of last week as investors reassessed AI valuations as doubts about returns on massive spending were compounded by weak post-IPO show from SpaceX and reports that OpenAI may delay its listing.
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Aditya Soni,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
That disposition compounded into the richest, most inventive society the world has ever seen.
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Anthony Scaramucci,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
The drain on time is compounded when existing cases are cited improperly.
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Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
The challenge is compounded by Russia’s growing air defense dilemma.
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Hunter Lacroix,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
Those concerns are compounded by her new human, Bonnie (Scarlet Spears), casting her and her fellow toys aside to play with Lilypad (Greta Lee), a tech device that’s completely captured her attention.
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Barry Levitt,
Time,
19 June 2026
The chaos has compounded existing difficulties for poorer or developing economies, many of which were already wracked by public-debt crises that deepened in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
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The earthquakes have compounded problems created by years of economic and political strife, particularly for the overwhelmed healthcare system.
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Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
The withdrawal on a global scale was also compounded by rollbacks at a national level.
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Brian Delp,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Tech stocks sold off for much of last week as investors reassessed AI valuations as doubts about returns on massive spending were compounded by weak post-IPO show from SpaceX and reports that OpenAI may delay its listing.
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Aditya Soni,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
That disposition compounded into the richest, most inventive society the world has ever seen.
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Anthony Scaramucci,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
The drain on time is compounded when existing cases are cited improperly.
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Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
The challenge is compounded by Russia’s growing air defense dilemma.
—
Hunter Lacroix,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
Those concerns are compounded by her new human, Bonnie (Scarlet Spears), casting her and her fellow toys aside to play with Lilypad (Greta Lee), a tech device that’s completely captured her attention.
—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
19 June 2026
The chaos has compounded existing difficulties for poorer or developing economies, many of which were already wracked by public-debt crises that deepened in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic.
—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compounded
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Ulseth said the city likely will have to adjust its combined sewer operations as drought and extreme rain — both exacerbated by climate change — are expected to continue.
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The combined market value of just five companies—Nvidia, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon—exceeds $20 trillion, more than the combined GDP of Europe’s five largest economies.
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Through 2025, the application backlog increased, leaving it 48% higher than at the end of former President Joe Biden’s term.
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The bank said last week's hawkish Federal Open Market Committee meeting has increased uncertainty over the outlook for short-term interest rates, even as lower oil prices have eased concerns about an economic downturn.
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Mysterio finally connected with 619 followed by a Frog Splash for the win.
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Officials said activities connected to people ‒ from fireworks to carelessly discarded cigarettes ‒ have sparked 75% of wildfires in Utah in 2026.
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Aabria walks the best line here, keeping her lies small, manageable, and heavily mixed with the truth, and getting the jury on her side most consistently.
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The two nations have given mixed messages on tolls and routes through the vital waterway.
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Video shows how chase led to deadly crash Instead of stopping, the purple car accelerated and sped through a red light, according to video from Joel’s dashboard camera.
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One of the officials told CNN that the Justice Department’s National Security Division was already preparing to look at some of the stories’ sources, but Trump’s stack accelerated the effort.
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For the project, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, directly coupled concentrating photovoltaic cells with proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer cells.
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The stock market has become more strongly coupled to the Fed.
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Take Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, who have spent more than four decades proving that romance thrives just fine outside the chapel while raising a blended family.
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In a blended workforce of employees, fractional talent and AI agents, success depends less on similarity and more on people who can challenge assumptions and elevate collective capability.
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Under his leadership, SMUD expanded workforce training programs, and joined the state’s Energy Imbalance Market, a wholesale energy-trading market that allows SMUD to buy low-cost renewable energy in real time, and sell excess energy to generate additional revenue.
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According to the agency, the Dodd-Frank Act, a 2010 law passed in the wake of the housing crash to tighten financial oversight, expanded its authority by giving it control over swaps, a type of derivative contract.
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