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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 collates
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.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Nov. 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
Digital fingerprinting collates an array of data from your phone — your IP address, device model and OS, time zone, setup and anything else if can get — to create a unique identifier in aggregate, even if each individual data snippet us useless on its own.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Nov. 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
Digital fingerprinting collates an array of data from your phone — your IP address, device model and OS, time zone, setup and anything else if can get — to create a unique identifier in aggregate, even if each individual data snippet us useless on its own.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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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,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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This list compiles some of the odd jobs and mundane occupations of famous scribes.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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Now 76, her approach to travel combines practicality with personal comfort.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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Inside, the formula combines four forms of vitamin C—ascorbyl glucoside, ascorbic acid, 3-O-ethyl ascorbic acid, and sodium ascorbyl phosphate—for a more layered, stable approach to brightening and antioxidant protection.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
9 May 2026
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“Collates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collates. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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