Thesaurus results for COMPILE

compile

verb

kəm-ˈpī(-ə)l

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 Okland was found by an employee of the development company after she was shot inside a model home, according to a summary of the case published by Iowa Cold Cases, a nonprofit organization that compiles information on unsolved killings. —

Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026 The administration cut more than 80 staffers in Near Eastern Affairs, according to numbers compiled by a State Department employee who was terminated last year based on surveys of colleagues. —

Byron Tau, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026 After boat-racing Philly and entering a back-to-back Wednesday in Memphis, the Nuggets had compiled five games of film with their opening day starting lineup back together. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026 Soundstage occupancy fell to 62% in the first half of 2025, according to data compiled by FilmLA, as production remained below the levels seen during the 2023 strike. —

Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for compile

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What mattered to Anthropic was a guarantee that Claude would have nothing to do with the analysis of bulk data collected domestically, an issue especially salient to its employees in the context of ongoing ICE raids.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Jason Ignacio White, a former head of Noma’s fermentation lab, collected anonymous testimonies of alleged abuse at the restaurant and posted them to his Instagram page.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026