compound
adjective
composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients.
compounder
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a word derived from
compound.
Example Sentences
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“SGH remains a high-quality industrial compounder with privileged assets and direct exposure to Australia’s structural capex cycle,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In fact, the two companies had briefly partnered last year before Novo cut ties with the compounder.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026
Furthermore, lower direct-to-consumer pricing over time will help “blunt the compounder threat,” he wrote.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
He would set off in a jeep in the morning with a nurse, a drug compounder, and a helper.
From Slate ● May 14, 2015
At Ægæ there stood a temple dedicated to Æsculapius, who figured on earth as a great physician and compounder of simples, and after death was made a god.
From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum
