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compound

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






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Over time, that caution can compound into a materially different career and lower lifetime earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

But their water and electricity supplies were cut off that day, and access to the compound has since been restricted.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“There was nothing here when we started,” she said of the compound, which was initially just a single house.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Researchers often need years of additional work to identify a suitable compound and determine whether it can be used safely in people.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

We marched along a path between twisted rolls of barbed wire and through a wide gate into a compound of low tin-roofed barracks.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

To make the system work, the researchers turned to a class of compounds known as palladacycles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Vertex Pharmaceuticals used roughly 50 AI companies to comb through its data set of 10,000 drug compounds, but none generated a working drug.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Vertex has used roughly 50 AI companies to comb through its data set of 10,000 drug compounds, Leiden said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Black tea is typically allowed to undergo extensive oxidation, a chemical process that changes the composition of compounds in the leaves, while green tea is processed to limit oxidation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

The cell was a beaker of chemicals, biochemists argued, a pouch of compounds bound by a membrane that were reacting to produce a phenomenon called “life.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Officials say international supply disruptions linked to the Iran war have compounded the problem, with banks struggling to honour letters of credit and some overseas suppliers demanding upfront payment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Earlier this year, Kennedy announced that a group of advisers would assess 14 peptides and then make a recommendation to the FDA about whether they should be allowed to be compounded.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

After a shocking start, a bad call at the toss compounded by a wayward bowling performance across the first two hours, Australia roared back into the Test in the afternoon.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

And concerns are being compounded by anemic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

His eyes were full of a look compounded of fear and admiration for Bigger.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

There is a compounding effect when share counts are reduced.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Before this new policy, the FDA didn’t allow compounding of these peptides in part because of safety concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

On Wednesday, regulators disclosed that the government won’t penalize compounding pharmacies that produce the six peptides reviewed by the FDA’s advisory committee in July: BPC-157, Epitalon, KPV, MOTS-c, Semax and TB-500.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

His daughters will start their working lives with between £45,000 to £60,000 of debt each, plus interest, which will be compounding at £5,000 to £8,000 per year.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

He traveled to Chicago, Asheville, Knoxville, Louisville, and Rochester, each overnight leg compounding his distress.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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