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as in increasing
to make greater in size, amount, or number
we compounded our error by waiting too long to call for help
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as in connecting
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 compounding
Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
Three years after his departure, the indents of Bob Myers’ fingerprints remain on the Warriors organization due to the compounding mistakes of Dunleavy’s tenure.
—Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Leerink Partners called the news that the FDA will review peptides for the compounding list a positive outcome that could give Hims a clearer regulatory path to scale peptide therapies.
—Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
Accredited compounding pharmacies are primarily regulated by state boards and required to comply with certain standards and guidelines, Cassileth said.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
While inflation has cooled from prior highs, most households are still struggling under the weight of elevated living costs, high-rate (and compounding) debt issues and other ongoing economic hurdles.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
People who have already retired may want to cut back on spending and withdrawals after sharp market downturns, because bigger withdrawals will remove more potential compounding ability in the future.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
That is the difference between a young adult who knows how to open a Roth IRA at 22 and one who figures it out at 42 — twenty compounding years later.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Unhappy with the advisory committee’s decision, the compounding industry has amplified its argument that the FDA review process for the bulks list is broken.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2026
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Risky peptides Specifically, the PCAC will consider moving the 12 peptides back onto a list of drugs that compounding pharmacies can make for human use.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
Under President Biden, the FDA added nearly 20 peptides to the federal list of substances that should not be produced by compounding pharmacies — businesses that mix medications that aren’t available from drugmakers.
—Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Read more on how scientists, politicians, and compounding pharmacies have responded to the announcement.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
The change allows compounding pharmacies to produce the peptides — a broad category of amino acids — while the Food and Drug Administration is still evaluating their safety and effectiveness.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
That’s what was compounding the anger and self-hatred.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
According to a statement released on social media, the Lowry Hill restaurant says a series of compounding incidents have made business unsustainable for the last few years.
—Aki Nace, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
The move toward a full blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is compounding global supply concerns and risks further disrupting flows, which pushed oil prices sharply higher in Sunday night trading.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
But fights are just as integral to the Netflix show created by Lee Sung Jin, and the series’ sound team needed to do even more meticulous work building visceral senses of anger, stress, and dread that slowly swallow up the characters and steer them into making a compounding set of poor decisions.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
Three years after his departure, the indents of Bob Myers’ fingerprints remain on the Warriors organization due to the compounding mistakes of Dunleavy’s tenure.
—Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Leerink Partners called the news that the FDA will review peptides for the compounding list a positive outcome that could give Hims a clearer regulatory path to scale peptide therapies.
—Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
Accredited compounding pharmacies are primarily regulated by state boards and required to comply with certain standards and guidelines, Cassileth said.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
While inflation has cooled from prior highs, most households are still struggling under the weight of elevated living costs, high-rate (and compounding) debt issues and other ongoing economic hurdles.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
People who have already retired may want to cut back on spending and withdrawals after sharp market downturns, because bigger withdrawals will remove more potential compounding ability in the future.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
That is the difference between a young adult who knows how to open a Roth IRA at 22 and one who figures it out at 42 — twenty compounding years later.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Unhappy with the advisory committee’s decision, the compounding industry has amplified its argument that the FDA review process for the bulks list is broken.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Risky peptides Specifically, the PCAC will consider moving the 12 peptides back onto a list of drugs that compounding pharmacies can make for human use.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
Under President Biden, the FDA added nearly 20 peptides to the federal list of substances that should not be produced by compounding pharmacies — businesses that mix medications that aren’t available from drugmakers.
—Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Read more on how scientists, politicians, and compounding pharmacies have responded to the announcement.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026
The change allows compounding pharmacies to produce the peptides — a broad category of amino acids — while the Food and Drug Administration is still evaluating their safety and effectiveness.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
That’s what was compounding the anger and self-hatred.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
According to a statement released on social media, the Lowry Hill restaurant says a series of compounding incidents have made business unsustainable for the last few years.
—Aki Nace, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
The move toward a full blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is compounding global supply concerns and risks further disrupting flows, which pushed oil prices sharply higher in Sunday night trading.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compounding
Noun
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Transfer green bean mixture to a large plate.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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He is widely known for pioneering large-scale analysis of ancient human genomes and for showing how population mixture shaped human history.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Adrian Meyer, Christie’s global head of private sales, outlined one idea for the increasing popularity of the sales channel.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Highlighting the industry’s growing needs, demand for highly functional textile solutions is increasing across sectors, driven by rising investment in security, defense and disaster response.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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It’s packed with personal emotion expressed through the dynamic world of wrestling, which has always been about storytelling and connecting with a live audience.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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This is not a party place, but one for connecting with family and friends.—
Carole Dixon,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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Physicist, engineer, and founder and CEO of Terraform Industries, a company scaling technology to produce cheap natural gas with sunlight and air with gigascale atmospheric hydrocarbon synthesis.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
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This finding, based on my team’s synthesis of six decades of research, may come as a surprise.—
Lise Eliot,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That means it could get certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as an ultralight aircraft by the end of this year, thereby accelerating Volocopter’s long-running efforts to get the VoloCity air taxi to market.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
23 Apr. 2026
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This is a quickly accelerating idea not beloved by tech companies.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Wilson's ex, Ciara Miller, was Batula's close friend on the Bravo reality show, prompting many fans to criticize her for coupling up with their co-star.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
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Most of the love stories that do make it to the big screen still generally follow broad, conventional strokes, capturing the bliss of coupling up or the blues of falling apart.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sun Pharma plans to fund the acquisition through a mix of internal cash and financing from banks.—
Baiju Kalesh,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Your fellow guests are likely to be a mix of local staycationing families on weekends and holidays, and those traveling on business or attending events during the week in the hotel’s conference facilities.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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From global dishes to comfort food classics, many supermarkets now offer — and are expanding — buffet-style prepared foods that rival takeout in both variety and convenience.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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While the business itself operates within the expanding private credit market, an asset class that has drawn significant institutional capital in recent years, the partnership behind it remains its most distinctive feature.—
NIa Bowers,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Compounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compounding. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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