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collate

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


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But if AI can collate and analyze data to capture individual preferences at scale we may no longer need the assumption of the rational actor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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

The Saudi authorities, I am told, are currently working flat out to collate everything they have on the Magdeburg market suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, and to share it with Germany's ongoing investigation "in every way possible".

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024

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

She pushes the button to collate the syllabus but forgets to push the button for staples.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

All Flock did was come up with a very user-friendly system that collates all the information quickly, with good search options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

Nearly 7,000 users of Instagram were impacted, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform.

From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2022

Just over half of these procedures were either cataract, hip or knee surgery, according to data from PHIN, an independent organisation that collates data on private consultants and hospitals.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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 Rudyard Kipling

Dramatic footage posted online late Wednesday and collated by DHA showed a line of parked cars in the northern Sariyer district being pushed into the torrent of muddy water, where they were swept away.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Together, we have collated a host of tips and tricks from blind parents over the years for what to do when the baby arrives.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Analysts expected an underlying profit around $12.66 billion, according to a consensus estimate collated by Visible Alpha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Before FoodNet stopped monitoring cyclosporiasis, it gathered data about people who tested positive, and tested food sources from states and labs, then collated it at a national level, said Guest, who previously worked at FoodNet.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

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

A central part of its work has been to gather testimony from Sami people about their experiences, collating some 300 interviews and written accounts.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Skillfully collating the accounts of Auden’s intimates, he offers details about the poet’s sexuality, psyche, cratering appearance and deteriorating habits that are painful to contemplate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Now they can do the same with the stats on female players that they began collating in 2021.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025

“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

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

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker


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