compounding

Example Sentences

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In energy, the uncertainty is compounding the big unknown of when the Strait of Hormuz reopens, said BNP Paribas commodities strategist Jason Ying.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Such is compounding on a long runway to retirement.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

That result is significant for an industry racing to build larger, commercially viable quantum systems—a feat that requires balancing raw size with the compounding errors that naturally occur as systems scale.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Severe drought – which has affected more than half the provinces in the country - is compounding problems.

From BBC • May 18, 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