as in collecting
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 compiling
Although people move through public spaces every day, compiling a comprehensive digital record of those movements reveals far more than any officer on a street corner ever could.
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Sam MacDonald,
Scientific American,
1 July 2026
For more than 25 years, Morrison has painstakingly researched the Bethlehem Steel club, compiling thousands of articles on his website about a team history had largely forgotten and where two of his great-uncles played.
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Stuart James,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Internal reporting runs without anyone manually compiling it.
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Charles Towers-Clark,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Accordingly, the cigars that stood out to us when compiling this year’s list of premier smokes were the ones made by producers with a real sense of heritage, an exacting focus on craftsmanship, and a willingness to wait for optimum results.
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Richard Carleton Hacker,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
The novel follows Harriet Bancroft, a bookish wallflower compiling a dictionary of slang.
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Angelina Mazza,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
To understand the future, geologists looked at the past, compiling data from the last millennium and creating a snapshot of the historically high pressure.
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Hunter Sowards,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
As well as compiling a risk profile of an area, the WHO said the platform includes a chatbot for health officials to question data in plain language.
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Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
12 June 2026
Mindstate started by compiling a large database of more than 70,000 trip reports.
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Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Sam MacDonald,
Scientific American,
1 July 2026
For more than 25 years, Morrison has painstakingly researched the Bethlehem Steel club, compiling thousands of articles on his website about a team history had largely forgotten and where two of his great-uncles played.
—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Internal reporting runs without anyone manually compiling it.
—
Charles Towers-Clark,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Accordingly, the cigars that stood out to us when compiling this year’s list of premier smokes were the ones made by producers with a real sense of heritage, an exacting focus on craftsmanship, and a willingness to wait for optimum results.
—
Richard Carleton Hacker,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
The novel follows Harriet Bancroft, a bookish wallflower compiling a dictionary of slang.
—
Angelina Mazza,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
To understand the future, geologists looked at the past, compiling data from the last millennium and creating a snapshot of the historically high pressure.
—
Hunter Sowards,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
As well as compiling a risk profile of an area, the WHO said the platform includes a chatbot for health officials to question data in plain language.
—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
12 June 2026
Mindstate started by compiling a large database of more than 70,000 trip reports.
—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compiling
collecting
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At donation centers across Miami-Dade County, members of the Venezuelan community are collecting supplies for victims while anxiously waiting for news from home.
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The government argued both that Chatrie had tacitly agreed to Google collecting the information and that Chatrie had no reasonable expectation of privacy in third-party Google’s records.
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“Compiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compiling. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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