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 The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. —

Kimberly Tutuska, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026 According to government figures compiled later, the operation was a two-billion-dollar business. —

Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026 Never before, though, has so much of it been compiled in one place. —

Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026 Through artful political compromise in Congress, the bill compiles nearly 50 initiatives from dozens of proposals offered by both sides of the aisle. —

The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for compile

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collect

Verb

Elliott said that municipalities could issue bonds to cover the cost of the purchase and then pay those debts back over time at lower interest rates through the revenues collected from customers.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
Some police jurisdictions send officers to physically collect weapons.

— Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026