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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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So many moves only compounded the trauma of losing a home to fire.

From Los Angeles Times

Liu believes that compound interest and the financial markets create opportunities for anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal

This powerful chemical compound acts on nicotinic receptors in the nervous system, according to Johnson.

From BBC

Men and women prayed before the funeral, facing the corpses in the hospital compound.

From Barron's

By clarifying how psychedelics redirect perception from the outside world to internal memory networks, the study provides a clearer biological explanation for both hallucinations and the growing therapeutic potential of these compounds.

From Science Daily