as in compilation
a collection of writings
in the library I discovered a three-volume collectanea containing all of the author's known writings
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Other names in the compilation of messages were attorney Alan Dershowitz and Epstein’s mother, Pauline Stolofsky Epstein.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Sep. 2025 -
The revision, a routine step in the compilation of government labor statistics, assesses monthly survey estimates alongside state unemployment data.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Sons of Anarchy veteran, who is set to play infamous killer Ed Gein in the upcoming Season 3 of Ryan Murphy’s Netflix anthology, is also in talks to play Lizzie Borden’s father Andrew Jackson Borden in Season 4, Variety reports.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
2 Sep. 2025
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Jarmusch has explored the anthology format before, and there are structural similarities between this film and his previous, far more uneven attempts.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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