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[kuhm-pahyl] / kəmˈpaɪl /


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The IPCC, set up in 1988, knits together assessments from thousands of climate scientists who work voluntarily to compile its mammoth reports.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The latter doesn’t just compile your shopping list—it can buy the groceries for you, comparing prices at different store websites and placing a delivery order with the cheapest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

She can compile reports and command the attention of the defence secretary and Parliament regarding issues she feels need exposure.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In the years since, Duke and his colleagues have expanded on the initial scope of his dissertation to compile more evidence from a larger collection of samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

After I clean my room, I continue to compile my enormous list of questions for the Socrates Project.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Li is the 40-year-old founder of Silicon Data, a startup that compiles indexes tracking the rental prices of Nvidia chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

Robert Watts, who compiles the list, said this year's Rich List is "a tale of two exoduses".

From BBC ● May 15, 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

Analysts had expected $10.33 billion, according to estimates compiled by Vara Research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

To see the actual numbers, I used the long-term stock-market data compiled by Yale finance professor Robert Shiller, whose work on markets and valuations earned him the Nobel Prize in economics.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The U.K. is expected to grow 1.3% this year and 1.2% next, according to an average of 18 bank and research forecasts compiled by the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The largest collection of exploding white dwarf stars ever compiled is providing fresh evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force responsible for the Universe’s accelerating expansion, may change over time.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Cooksey’s new tank compiled everything the lab had learned about how to build a cyclotron into a rugged, gleaming, machined tank with glass insulators and arrangements for air and water cooling.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

She made 42 starts in 63 overall games, compiling 40 points on 17 goals and six assists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

Clinical geneticist Dr. Xiao P. Peng, who helped confirm Hinken’s family’s diagnoses, said the tools still make mistakes and are better at generating possible leads, translating complex medical jargon and compiling research than making diagnoses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Hong Kong's main tech stock index plans to include 20 more companies as well as artificial intelligence and robotics themes to reflect changes in the industry, the firm compiling it has said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Not only was he compiling new codes for Army use, he was also teaching cryptography to Army officers, as well as breaking ciphers and codes on demand.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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