How to Use compendium in a Sentence
compendium
noun- He published a compendium of folk tales.
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In any compendium of foods that serve a crowd, the Bundt cake is a star.
— Cathy Barrow, charlotteobserver, 27 Feb. 2018 -
So many steps skipped on the compendium of force to simply shot him 9 times and call it a day.
— Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2018 -
In tribute, the Times published a compendium of his work, here.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024 -
It’s Day Eleven of the New Normal, a brisk compendium of all things corona in the age of pandemic.
— Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020 -
Here’s a compendium of all the places the Obamas have honeymooned since leaving the White House.
— Amy Odell, Cosmopolitan, 27 June 2017 -
By far, the bulk of the handbook is a compendium of plants that thrive without summer water.
— Sally Peterson, oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2021 -
And the reason sours are some of the most ancient beers in the brewer’s compendium comes down to what most beer comes down to: bacteria.
— Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 -
The authors of the Lancet article included a compendium of dozens of studies from around the world that shows such a trend.
— Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2021 -
Be sure to check out our local voter guide for a great compendium of our stories.
— Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022 -
Below is a compendium of new Italian movies set to hit this year’s fest circuit.
— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024 -
The royal family has had the Royal Box at the club since 1922, according to the compendium.
— Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, 29 June 2019 -
Race, too, inevitably looms large in the SFA's growing compendium of content.
— Nancy Matsumoto, Southern Living, 1 May 2017 -
This was no childhood compendium of riddles and rhymes.
— New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022 -
The compendium that Sorensen gave Kennedy contains about 150 speeches.
— Washington Post, 9 July 2021 -
All of the above merely amounts to a compendium of signs and anecdotal evidence that point to the strong likelihood of the return.
— Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Apr. 2022 -
The program contains a compendium of the finest tennis writing.
— Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 Aug. 2017 -
The program contains a compendium of the finest tennis writing.
— Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 Aug. 2019 -
Miller’s book is, among other things, a compendium of expressions of wonder over what might have been.
— Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020 -
Plus: fig leaf ice cream, a hotel in the hills of Majorca and more from T’s cultural compendium.
— New York Times, 1 May 2023 -
The messy eight-episode first season of the Netflix horror thriller... succeeds as a compendium of stunning images, but that's about it.
— Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020 -
Cable pops onto the scene as the kid’s nemesis, and as a lumbering, square-jawed compendium of knowing clichés.
— New York Times, 14 May 2018 -
Plus: a new bronze watch from Panerai, snails in Asian cuisine and more from T’s cultural compendium.
— New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022 -
Plus: new ranges of medjool dates, floral-print bags for men and more from T’s cultural compendium.
— New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023 -
Lipman’s latest book, How to Be Well, is a compendium of advice on all aspects of wellness, a topic Lipman is thrilled to see come to the fore.
— Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018 -
To learn everything about how to become a poll worker in your state, the EAC has a comprehensive compendium with all the details.
— Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2020 -
Comprised of nearly 40 restaurants, his compendium includes new reviews, a glossary, and a map to find it all.
— Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018 -
Each tweak gets a new patent, which the manufacturer then adds to its official compendium of drug patents.
— Elisabeth Rosenthal, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024 -
The project won a Grammy for best classical compendium at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on April 3.
— Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 May 2022 -
This may be a literary bar, but historic cocktail compendiums are books, too.
— Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
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