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compile

[kuhm-pahyl] / kəmˈpaɪl /


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Postal Service to direct states to compile a list of citizens who are eligible to vote.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 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

Before you get to that stage, however, club owners and chairmen will rely on their sporting director and chief executive to compile a list of names.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

I would man the office, listen for the phone, open the week’s mail, greet guests when they came through, and compile the morning’s Sunday school report.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

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

The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, which compiles the CPI, seasonally adjusts the results to erase patterns that recur each year.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 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

Total revenue rose by $3.97 billion, 24%, to $20.54 billion, beating the average analyst estimate compiled by FactSet of $19.68 billion.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Some 26,385 vasectomies were performed at hospitals and clinics during 2024-25, according to data compiled by NHS England.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, adjusted EPS rose to $3.52 from $2.09 in the first quarter but missed the average analyst estimate compiled by FactSet of $3.56.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Analysts had expected net profit at 1.86 billion euros and total income at 6.12 billion euros, according to consensus estimates compiled by the bank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

And we were always well fed, though the food, scientifically compiled pellets, was not what you’d call delicious.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

One of the difficulties in compiling this report was the analysis suffers from what the team refers to as the “omitted variables problem.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 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

Charlotin has been compiling a database of court documents containing AI hallucinations since April 2023.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Konecny said that Red Lobster is compiling feedback on the promotion and evaluating the results.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

He consumed hours each day leafing through law books, compiling research that he hoped would help reverse his conviction.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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