compiles

present tense third-person singular of compile
as in collects
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 compiles The WARNTracker also compiles historical data and keeps up to date on recent notices. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 The cookbook compiles personal recipes from different members of the Texan family, including Terry's wife of 11 years, Tammy, his daughters Rachel and Lacey Lester and Lacey's husband Noah Lester. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 On average, a senior lives on less than $2,000 a month, according to figures the organization compiles annually. Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025 This program compiles hundreds of open-access datasets, interactive tools, and trainings that are helping coastal communities effectively plan for the future and protect their shoreline. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025 These insights are processed using AI algorithms and presented in the companion app, which compiles health scores and daily summaries. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025 The more interesting question is instead how S&P Dow Jones compiles the list in the first place. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025 Bromley also is credited with expanding payment transparency by spearheading Manatt’s music streaming royalty calculator, which compiles direct-source data to show artists exactly how much they are being paid by Spotify and Apple Music. Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025 The Arizona Department of Education compiles a list of every district's McKinney-Vento liaison. Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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  • In the past year, Common Crawl’s CCBot has become the scraper most widely blocked by the top 1,000 websites, surpassing even OpenAI’s GPTBot, which collects content for ChatGPT.
    Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The Pipeline Project also collects product feedback from these junior athletes, which helps Atomic refine and improve its youth ski designs.
    Kimberly Beekman, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025

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