- present participle of compound.
compounding
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Navy, and top officers are warning of worn out destroyers and compounding maintenance bills from months of heavy operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
On Wednesday, regulators disclosed that the government won’t penalize compounding pharmacies that produce the six peptides reviewed by the FDA’s advisory committee in July: BPC-157, Epitalon, KPV, MOTS-c, Semax and TB-500.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
His daughters will start their working lives with between £45,000 to £60,000 of debt each, plus interest, which will be compounding at £5,000 to £8,000 per year.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
CLF attorney Adam Reynolds told AFP that it is the "compounding effect of pollution that's really significant" in a historically industrial area.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
But it would end up being one of many little things—a slow accrual, compounding steadily and imperceptibly toward critical mass.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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