compile
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The UN mission urged Afghan authorities to "compile a record of the missing" from the hospital strike to help their relatives find answers about their fate.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Environmental Protection Agency to compile a list of insurers based on their handling of wildfire claims.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The briefings compile intelligence from complaints made to Trading Standards by community members and different authorities, as well as intelligence from "regional databases such as Citizens Advice Bureau… Companies House data… and open source research".
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
In Pakula’s “All the President’s Men,” The Washington Post newsroom functions almost like a secret lair, a place where the good guys can hide out and compile their facts.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
It would take time to compile official statistics, but he could see that the city was gone.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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