as in anthology
a collection of writings
the poet bound a compilation of her best work into a single volume
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Recent Examples of compilation
Most songs, of course, have to earn their way onto a greatest hits compilation.
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Longtime fans and new ones can expect full episodes, a livestream, clips, and compilations from the iconic education series, which ran from 1968 to 2001.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 4 June 2026
To demonstrate the issue during his public comment, Lamb held an iPad to the microphone and played a nearly minute-long compilation video he’d filmed of cars driving around the streets of Charlotte with popping and grating sounds.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026
Part of their recent funding came in the form of a compilation album produced by War Child Records.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 May 2026
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Longtime fans and new ones can expect full episodes, a livestream, clips, and compilations from the iconic education series, which ran from 1968 to 2001.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 4 June 2026
To demonstrate the issue during his public comment, Lamb held an iPad to the microphone and played a nearly minute-long compilation video he’d filmed of cars driving around the streets of Charlotte with popping and grating sounds.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026
Part of their recent funding came in the form of a compilation album produced by War Child Records.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compilation
anthology
Noun
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The limited or anthology series field slipped to 31 from 33.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Not exactly anthology but hardly contiguous narrative, Koosha’s film works best as a kind of dispatch from a troubled moment, giving us human snippets to understand what can be an abstract violence.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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“Compilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compilation. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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