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collate

[kuh-leyt, koh-, ko-, koh-leyt, kol-eyt] / kəˈleɪt, koʊ-, kɒ-, ˈkoʊ leɪt, ˈkɒl eɪt /


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A machine can collect, compare and collate tremendous amounts of information, but it can’t do the thing that matters most of all—decide what has genuine value for human lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

He told vehicle owners that forensic scientists had inspected the car stacker and advised them to collate any costs and expenses incurred as a result of the incident.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2025

On that day, I followed Nikki’s careful instructions to type and collate the lines of poetry I’d scrawled in composition books and notepads for years and leave the rest to her.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2024

But as she concluded, the platforms do engage in editorial functions when they curate and collate content.

From Slate Sep. 29, 2023

There are at least four columns filled with bank managers, accountants, loan officers, cotton collate operators.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

The complex, diverse ecosystem created by European reef-building oysters has collapsed, according to the recent assessment we submitted to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which collates the statuses of ecosystems and species.

From Salon Jan. 6, 2025

The other pieces of paper include notes and thoughts, which Servais collects and collates over the offseason.

From Seattle Times Feb. 20, 2024

Eric Floehr is founder of ForecastWatch, a US company that analyses and collates the performance of weather providers, including accuracy measures.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2023

The company collates the data into a web-based dashboard or sends the data back to the customer’s own systems through an application.

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2022

The tapes then go to the A. B. C., which collates and makes composite photographs of them for the instruction of captains.

From Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard

Underlying earnings rose 43% from a year earlier to $6.85 billion, topping the $6.61 billion consensus estimate collated by Visible Alpha.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

That information was collated in a letter about Calocane's risk to others, which was sent to his GP replicating the "same mistakes", the inquiry heard.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

Underlying earnings totaled $10.87 billion, down just 0.9% year over year but below a consensus estimate of roughly $11.03 billion collated by Visible Alpha.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

The number of tickets issued for 20mph speed offences was almost half a million last year, according to data collated from police forces in Great Britain by campaign group, 20's Plenty For Us.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

De Vries also pored through Darwin's books, and he latched onto the theory of pangenesis—the idea that “particles of information” from the body were somehow collected and collated in sperm and eggs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The BLS spends the days before a release collating the data and assembling the public report.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

The BEA collects little data firsthand, instead collating and publishing numbers gathered by other agencies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

“My mother included us in everything that she did, and I mean everything. I remember as a child collating pages for her second book. It was wonderful.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2025

It may have gone beyond Janet's prompts in collating data about me.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2025

Harker has gone back, and is again collating his material.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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