Examples of compilation in a Sentence
The CD is a compilation of greatest hits.
the slow compilation of data
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Today’s draftniks have access to endless high-def broadcasts and custom compilations showing a prospect’s every snap.
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Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Sunday’s loss to Newcastle added to the long compilation of West Ham lows this campaign.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 18 May 2026
The band’s ninth full-length album in the past 40 years (not including two compilations of Pentagram’s ‘70s works) was released last year.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
In a TikTok posted to her account on Thursday, May 14, Roberson, 20, and Flagg, 19, hold hands and embrace in a compilation of clips from their tropical vacation in the the Turks and Caicos Islands.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
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Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Sunday’s loss to Newcastle added to the long compilation of West Ham lows this campaign.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 18 May 2026
The band’s ninth full-length album in the past 40 years (not including two compilations of Pentagram’s ‘70s works) was released last year.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
In a TikTok posted to her account on Thursday, May 14, Roberson, 20, and Flagg, 19, hold hands and embrace in a compilation of clips from their tropical vacation in the the Turks and Caicos Islands.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
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“Compilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compilation. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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compilation
noun
com·pi·la·tion
ˌkäm-pə-ˈlā-shən 
1
: the act or process of compiling
2
: something compiled
especially
: a book of materials gathered from other books
Legal Definition
compilation
noun
com·pi·la·tion
ˌkäm-pə-ˈlā-shən
: a collection of preexisting materials and data so arranged to form a new original work under the law of copyright
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