as in collects
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 compiles
Data from the Institute, which compiles reports from the anonymous accounts of its customers, also showed that more expensive gas has pulled some spending away from discretionary items, defined as those outside groceries, gas, and utilities.
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Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
This list compiles some of the odd jobs and mundane occupations of famous scribes.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Data from the Institute, which compiles reports from the anonymous accounts of its customers, also showed that more expensive gas has pulled some spending away from discretionary items, defined as those outside groceries, gas, and utilities.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 6 May 2026
The California Governor's Race Candidate Guide compiles more than 20 hours of interviews with top-polling candidates and presents them in a side-by-side, issue-by-issue format.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The San Francisco court has the third-highest number of asylum cases in the nation after New York and Miami, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which compiles government data.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
According to Grinding the Mocks, which compiles mock drafts across the country, Miami’s Francis Mauigoa is the only tackle projected in the top-10.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
Amid the sweltering heat and almost menacingly lush greenery, Louise compiles an exquisite taxonomy of local types.
—Brandy Jensen, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
The firm compiles public voter records from states and previously gave them to the clearinghouse to match with student information.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 8 Apr. 2026
Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
This list compiles some of the odd jobs and mundane occupations of famous scribes.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Data from the Institute, which compiles reports from the anonymous accounts of its customers, also showed that more expensive gas has pulled some spending away from discretionary items, defined as those outside groceries, gas, and utilities.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 6 May 2026
The California Governor's Race Candidate Guide compiles more than 20 hours of interviews with top-polling candidates and presents them in a side-by-side, issue-by-issue format.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The San Francisco court has the third-highest number of asylum cases in the nation after New York and Miami, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which compiles government data.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
According to Grinding the Mocks, which compiles mock drafts across the country, Miami’s Francis Mauigoa is the only tackle projected in the top-10.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
Amid the sweltering heat and almost menacingly lush greenery, Louise compiles an exquisite taxonomy of local types.
—Brandy Jensen, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
The firm compiles public voter records from states and previously gave them to the clearinghouse to match with student information.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compiles
collects
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Because soil can absorb only so much water at once, what is not soaked up collects on the surface where it's more readily evaporated.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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The pharmaceutical industry is negotiating the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Act Fee, which outlines the fees the FDA collects from drugmakers to fund its reviews.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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