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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To track that signal through time, the researchers compiled a genetic database for potatoes, including looking at museum specimens and even retrieving data from rare wild potatoes that are hard to find, some of them occurring in just a single valley in the Andes, Knapp said.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
Through these discoveries, researchers have also noted that Hittite scribes have compiled works in Luwian and Palaic — other Anatolian-Indo-European languages.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2025
The report, compiled annually by the NLIHC, used the average rent costs in each state to calculate how much workers would need to earn to comfortably afford a rental home in their area.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
Happily, none of our hospitals received a D. The nonprofit Leapfrog Group examines data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well as its own hospital survey, to compile the semi-annual grades.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
Through these discoveries, researchers have also noted that Hittite scribes have compiled works in Luwian and Palaic — other Anatolian-Indo-European languages.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2025
The report, compiled annually by the NLIHC, used the average rent costs in each state to calculate how much workers would need to earn to comfortably afford a rental home in their area.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
Happily, none of our hospitals received a D. The nonprofit Leapfrog Group examines data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well as its own hospital survey, to compile the semi-annual grades.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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In the process, he’s collected three All-Pro nods and a Defensive Rookie of the Year for his career endeavors.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Here are the highlights: The sales tax holiday runs from Aug. 1 to Aug. 31 and applies to both in-store and online purchases if the seller collects Florida sales tax.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Compile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compile. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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