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[kuhm-pahyl] / kəmˈpaɪl /


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To compile our expansive list we surveyed more than 200 bookish luminaries — along with a few zealous book club members.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

To compile a list of the large-cap technology stocks that have fallen the most during July, we began with the components of:

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Now it analyzes 1,300 plans and more than 5 million participants’ accounts to compile its report.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

The family has already spent several thousand dollars on agencies to compile and process documents.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

Bobby, dog tag entwined, managed to compile an even score, with two wins, two losses, and six draws, fretting afterward that “I didn’t do too well.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The heart-wrenching effort to locate victims continues online, on a government website that compiles information on survivors and the missing, alongside numerous pleas for help.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

GasBuddy compiles a daily list of the ten cheapest gas stations by city and offers an interactive map that allows you to search up prices at every station.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

The system compiles real time electronic health records from around the world and contains about 275 million de identified patient records.

From Science Daily Mar. 10, 2026

Stern says he had attached a liability statement - a document often drawn up in a bankruptcy process, where a person compiles a list of all the money they owe.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

When he’s finished, he compiles statistics and concludes confidently that a flea’s ears are in its back legs.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

In fact, the diesel blocked in the Persian Gulf is around three times as large as supplies missing from Russia compared with before the Iran war, according to data compiled by the International Energy Agency.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Anthropic said the operation compiled what it described as "counter-accountability dossiers" on UN special rapporteurs who had criticised the UAE's conduct in Sudan.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

The report was compiled by an independent commission and involved input from more than 12,000 people including patients and clinicians.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

The national average price for a gallon of diesel has hit a record high of $5.94, according to data compiled by AAA.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

The upperclassmen and the faculty met there, the budget was compiled there, and there students were expelled.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

On the other hand, when it comes to compiling a list of mail voters for USPS, Avore noted that these states are actually better suited than others to share that list.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2026

A senior serving officer, who played a lead role in compiling the briefing, is under investigation for allegedly failing to ensure its accuracy.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

She said a federal immigration database the Department of Homeland Security was compiling to determine voter eligibility violated privacy laws.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Everlab’s platform ingests and organizes documents and data from doctors, specialists and pathologists, compiling patient records that it augments with real-time data from users’ existing wearable devices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Using her as our muse, the students will begin compiling the diaries they’ve been keeping into a collaborative book.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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