as in to compile
to bring together and put in order
The research was collated from different sources into a single volume.
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Recent Examples of collate
The resulting digital file is properly collated even if the original document is double-sided.
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Larry Magid, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Munro pointed to changes made at BBC Arabic, including overhauling its Press Review item — which collates media reporting from the Middle East — and bolstering editorial leadership and accountability at the service.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
The 12-issue series, which has since been collated into one book, originally came out between 1995 and 2005.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
However, an odds tracker that collates data from about two dozen bookmakers places him second behind the favorite, Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
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Larry Magid, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Munro pointed to changes made at BBC Arabic, including overhauling its Press Review item — which collates media reporting from the Middle East — and bolstering editorial leadership and accountability at the service.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
The 12-issue series, which has since been collated into one book, originally came out between 1995 and 2005.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
However, an odds tracker that collates data from about two dozen bookmakers places him second behind the favorite, Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
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Forbes has compiled a list of 20 big private equity zombies—businesses that are either scaling back or simply treading water.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Here's a list of some possible viewing locations compiled by The Arizona Republic, a USA TODAY Network publication.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Mountbatten-Windsor's name appears at least several hundred times in the documents, sometimes in news clippings, sometimes in Epstein's private email correspondence and in guest lists for dinners organized by Epstein.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Early cash is seen as important for advertising and organizing ahead of the general election.—
Joseph Morton,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 2026
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According to the robotic firm, these results, taken together, show how Helix 02 combines full-body control, touch, and in-hand vision to achieve continuous, adaptive autonomy across complex, real-world tasks.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Namely, a mix of the aforementioned youngsters from all parts of the world, combined with group of experienced campaigners to guide them, because players proven at the top level in their mid to late twenties are not generally within Brighton’s spending capacity.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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My first few tries at asking it to archive the emails, instead of deleting them, ran into snags as the bot tripped up attempting to batch archive some promotional emails.—
Reece Rogers,
Wired News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Oral history offers a practical way to build that longer memory, especially for organizations that were never designed to archive themselves.—
Paula de la Cruz,
Forbes.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Collate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collate. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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