- present tense form of compound (3rd person singular).
compounds
Example Sentences
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Terpenes are natural compounds responsible for the scent and flavor of many plants.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
California and Los Angeles County are considering whether to tighten regulations or ban the compounds altogether.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
The company is developing treatments for chronic pain, working on compounds aimed at offering meaningful pain relief while avoiding the central nervous system effects that come with many existing therapeutics, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
The current interest-rate environment only compounds this pressure—a factor Morgan Stanley views as a “neutral to negative signal.”
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
He also discovered many useful compounds, among them ammonia, glycerin, and tannic acid, and was the first to see the commercial potential of chlorine as a bleach–all breakthroughs that made other people extremely wealthy.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
