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compendious

[kuhm-pen-dee-uhs] / kəmˈpɛn di əs /


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Joyce was well aware of his compendious cast of mind and proud to find it manifest among his children.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2018

Nonetheless, astronomers and astrophysicists came together to write a single compendious paper about the event.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 16, 2017

It may be odd not to find it in this compendious store of resonances .

From The New Yorker • Oct. 11, 2015

What’s so amazing about the book is its compendious nature.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2013

This summing up is not a generalization or compendious statement of the commands of God; it signifies their reduction to a fundamental principle.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.




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