collating

present participle of collate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of collating Three centuries later, the librarians of Alexandria took charge of the text, collating competing versions, marking doubtful lines, imposing a measure of order on the teeming verses. David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026 Kanal was instrumental in collating over 500 artifacts. Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026 Some part of their job is analyzing data and synthesizing and collating information, something that large language models are very good at. Matthew Heimer, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026 Booking platforms have been collating user data to create more effective suggestions for travelers stuck in transit or in ticket planning limbo. Sydney Goh, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026 Similarly, since even earlier—2008—ICE has been collating and analyzing huge quantities of data in support of its enforcement mission. Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026 They were led by Jason Ignacio White, the former head of Noma’s fermentation lab, who has been collating allegations of abuse by Redzepi on his Instagram and website. Sam Peters, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026 Remember, in a threat landscape powered by AI, productivity is enhanced and collating this data is easy. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collating
Verb
  • Fortunately for Kasdan the filmmaker, Short has been compiling a sort of archive of his life, going back to childhood.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Agents now retrieve a customer's transaction history, check it against sanctions and PEP lists, search adverse media and map relationships across networks, compiling all of it before a human investigator opens the case.
    Stoyan Mitov, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • His campaign spent the summer ramping up fundraising, staff and organizing infrastructure.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Others are organizing underground schools to fill gaps in education and collaborating closely with Afghans in exile to prepare legal action against the Taliban’s abuses.
    Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Filtering transfer fees by age or position is not uncommon, but combining the two and then presenting it as a record feels a bit of a stretch.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Urbanski says in order to keep the character and story momentum of previous seasons going, combining the sixth and seventh books in Herron’s series made the most sense.
    Trey Williams, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Collating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collating. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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