compounds
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Naming the entities and executives behind these networks compounds the effect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Traditional remedies may contain biologically active compounds that can inspire new treatments when they are studied with modern methods.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
Prosecuting barrister Nicholas Lobbenberg KC said Digwa had a "weapons obsession", adding that his depiction to police of Nowak as a "racist, drunk, violent aggressor compounds the natural grief and loss of the deceased's family".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
A 1% annual fee charged by human advisers compounds painfully over decades.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
By and large, odorants are chemically small, Spartan compounds.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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