Thesaurus results for COMPILE

compile

verb

kəm-ˈpī(-ə)l

as in to collect

to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list compiled the best short stories ever written into one fat book

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Recent Examples of compile Sanjay Mohanty, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at UCLA, has compiled testing results from about 1,300 properties affected by the Eaton Fire. —

Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 14 May 2026 The cost of insuring Saudi debt actually dropped by three basis points at the time of publication on Thursday, while the yield on the government’s ten-year dollar bonds was little changed, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. —

Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 14 May 2026 The Digital Media Association, a member of the National Recording Preservation Board, compiled a list of some streaming services with National Recording Registry playlists, available here. —

Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 14 May 2026 The consensus estimate for Amazon’s 2026 earnings per share has risen by 14% over the past month, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, and its revenue projection has also moved higher. —

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collect

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One trust would collect money from the church, parishes, schools and insurance settlements to compensate survivors, while the second trust would manage litigation and insurance claims against insurers that did not settle.

— Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2026
If retirement is on your mind, check out the stories—including one from a few weeks ago about my mom’s own struggle to collect Social Security benefits after my dad died.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026