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compound

[kom-pound, kom-pound, kom-pound, kuhm-pound, kom-pound] / ˈkɒm paʊnd, kɒmˈpaʊnd, ˈkɒm paʊnd, kəmˈpaʊnd, ˈkɒm paʊnd /






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Many other individuals and organizations use Pew’s definitions in order to fit within the paradigm, compounding the problem and digging us deeper into this hole with each passing day.

From Salon

“They get excited not by the possibility of an instant gain but by the inexorable math of compounding capital over the long run,” said Klarman.

From MarketWatch

Soon, a systems malfunction foils the team’s surveillance of their targeted compound.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those worries were compounded Wednesday by a report that private capital group Blue Owl had pulled out of market giant Oracle's $10 billion data centre, putting the project in doubt.

From Barron's

Heavy rains over the past week have compounded the already dire living conditions of the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies say.

From BBC