Thesaurus results for COMPENDIUM

compendium

noun

kəm-ˈpen-dē-əm

Definition of compendium

as in compilation

a collection of writings a book entirely devoted to poodles—a compendium of writings by breeders, trainers, and others in love with the breed

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Recent Examples of compendium While Hubble can only make out stars in Andromeda that are brighter than our sun, these two surveys still gave Wainer and colleagues a compendium of 200 million stars, covering two-thirds of Andromeda's disk. — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The loss was a compendium of failure, as the Rays struggled in all aspects of play. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026 Among the books found missing from UCLA's collections were classic compendiums of Chinese cultural heritage. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026 The result is something closer to an artist's sketchbook than a conventional travel compendium. — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for compendium

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The organization has release 21 compilations and raised over $10 million since; its subsequent television special on ABC became one of the first major AIDS benefits in the music business.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The box set includes the original album, expanded to include B-sides from singles and compilation tracks released at the time, along with a 360-degree behind-the-scenes look at how the group wrote the music.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026

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The anthology presents a unique opportunity to showcase talent still vastly underrepresented on screen and within the horror genre.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
He will next be seen with Rachel Brosnahan on the second season of the Apple TV legal anthology series Presumed Innocent.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

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