as in to collect
to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list compiled the best short stories ever written into one fat book

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Recent Examples of compile Blame the ‘harvest time’ mentality by Nick Lichtenberg CEO Daily is compiled and edited by Joey Abrams and Jim Edwards. Diane Brady, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2025 Data compiled by Johns Hopkins Medicine found between 27 and 42 percent of adolescents have had body piercings. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025 The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2025 The report compiled by the Star-Telegram contains data from July 20 through July 26 and 146 inspections. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for compile
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  • At least 35 officers in Russia’s elite unit, the prestigious 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade, reportedly sat out of combat and collected almost $40,000 each, the outlet reported.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Researchers recorded over 2,000 earthquakes near the Axial Seamount in a single day in June, per data collected by OSU, which is commonly associated with an impending eruption.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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“Compile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compile. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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