as in compiling
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 collating
Remember, in a threat landscape powered by AI, productivity is enhanced and collating this data is easy.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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After Friedmann’s arrest, Hall’s staff had combed through two million hours of footage from the Downtown Detention Center’s six hundred cameras, compiling a reel of Friedmann’s every movement in the jail.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Hornets had three divers finish in the top four spots in diving, compiling 48 points, which proved to be the decisive swing in the meet.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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Drucilla Ramirez, a third grade bilingual teacher and organizing chair for the union, said some classes have as many as 34 students and teachers don’t have aides in the classroom.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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The most common uses reported were answering etiquette questions, managing timelines and to-dos, writing wedding website copy, and organizing budgets.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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But the new findings suggest that Asgards might have already adapted to process oxygen before combining with bacteria.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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Committee members were split on proposals to close schools — divided between the belief that campuses with few students burden staff and provide limited resources, and the worry that combining small schools will create overcrowding, split communities and harm students.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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