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How to use the word compounded in a Sentence?

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Amid clear signs that affordability is curbing demand, some homeowners may fear that they missed the market's peak, with real estate markets still contending with significant under building, compounded by construction companies slashing single-family starts, the transition toward balance is losing steam.

George Ratiu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This horrific news was compounded by the junta's failure to notify the men's families, who learned about the executions through the junta's media reports.

Elaine Pearson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I wish I could take it back, i compounded that by running away from it. I destroyed everything, so I deserve whatever the court decides.

Quee Choo Chadwick

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think the' airing of grievances' as depicted in' Jerry Seinfeld' is probably the last thing we need this year, with the compounded stresses from COVID-19, political strife and racial unrest from 2020, we need to focus on positivity, healing, and cooperation right now.

David Susman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That, compounded by the amount of Covid patients that we are seeing today is really straining our healthcare system and resources.

Sharon Kurfuerst

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is an abuse which has been compounded by the manner in which the father has contested these allegations and instructed his lawyers. Despite the weight of evidence, the fact of hacking was never conceded, nor was the fact that such hacking had been by Pegasus.

Andrew McFarlane

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's mind-boggling and extremely frustrating to see the tremendous loss of life from Covid compounded by preventable traffic crashes.

Pam Shadel Fischer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

To be clear: our office recommended significantly more restrictive bond conditions, and we disagree with the bond decision that was handed down by the court, we share in the community's pain and anger from a child being shot. And we know that, for many, the pain and anger is compounded by the fact that the defendant was able to make his bond as set by the court.

Eli Savit

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I just didn't get the regular John Hughes senior high school stuff, it's been awful... with everything else going on in the world it's compounded our trauma.

Lauren Hogg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The shame of that time compounded with the shame that had already [ accumulated ] in my life silenced me, and I have lived with that shame in silence for 14 years. HIV-positive, where I come from, growing up in the Pentecostal churchwith a very religious family, is God's punishment.

Billy Porter

Found on CNN
3 years ago

People are really starting to understand the legacy of slavery does exist and impact people a great deal, it's a moral and practical imperative for Congress to embark on the repair process for Black people. It can't continue to stall any longer because the consequences continue to be compounded and the injuries worsened over time.

Dreisen Heath

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I have long believed that the criminalization of marijuana has been a mistake, and the racially disparate enforcement of marijuana laws has only compounded this mistake, with serious consequences, particularly for communities of color.

Jerry Nadler

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Taking something like Covid-19, compounded with all the other health problems that you have in the state, that's what makes it so devastating.

Marinelle Payton

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As a lifelong fan of fantasy, I am beyond excited to tell the story' The Witcher : Blood Origin.' A question has been burning in my mind ever since I first read The Witcher books -- What was the Elven world really like before the cataclysmic arrival of the humans ? i've always been fascinated by the rise and fall of civilizations, how science, discovery, and culture flourish right before that fall. How vast swathes of knowledge are lost forever in such a short time, often compounded by colonization and a rewriting of history. Leaving only fragments of a civilization's true story behind.

The Witcher

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I can see where that would be compounded by dealing with the unusual level of new claims.

Michele Evermore

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It's compounded by jurisdictions not cooperating with us.

Matthew Albence

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

My short game has been really, really strong this week, i've made a lot of putts inside ten feet. I've managed my game really well. I've missed it in the wrong spots. I've always given Justin Rose an opportunity to salvage something out of every hole I've played. And I haven't compounded any mistakes so far.

Justin Rose

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I was now the property of my cousin. And no matter how resistant I was to him, his job was to get me into submission as quickly as possible… Then the sexual abuse came later as he started to force himself on me and force that my role as a wife was to be at his beck and call and to have his children. And when I became resistant to that, then the physical abuse started to take over. And I think the frustration of my cousin, his frustration of being judged for not being a good man because his wife wasn’t submissive and she wasn’t good — that all compounded the problem. i felt like something was going terribly wrong.

Elissa Wall

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It will be a compounded effect in those drier areas. That does equate to a little more impact on the crop.

Mark Licht

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Snow measurements are extremely difficult to take because precipitation is inherently variable, a problem compounded by strong winds and compaction during a long duration event, still, it's important that we scrutinize questionable measurements and reject those that scientists deem invalid to ensure the public's continued confidence in the U.S. climate record.

Louis Uccellini

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is compounded by population growth that reduces the amount of water available per head.

Eddy Njoroge

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Water security is likely to pose a bigger challenge as climate change leads to less water in the dry season and heavier deluges in the rainy season, this is compounded by population growth that reduces the amount of water available per head.

Eddy Njoroge

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I generally recommend against using compounded hormones.

Nanette Santoro

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is no scientific evidence to support claims that compounded hormone therapy is any safer or even as safe as FDA-approved therapies.

Cynthia Stuenkel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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