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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

They capitalize on nostalgia and the ubiquity of streaming playlists that compile older songs, and increase the catalogs’ value with biographical films and ad placements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

That means investors should compile a watch list of areas they may want to buy on weakness.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

At the end of the year the computer would be used to help compile a rather remarkable eighty-two-page document containing a detailed examination of each of the team’s 747 defensive plays.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

The data came from the Geneva registry and the National Agency for Cancer Registration, which compiles information from cantonal cancer registries across Switzerland.

From Science Daily May 15, 2026

The health department compiles the annual report from records provided by the Los Angeles County medical examiner augmented by state death certificates.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

The AI system, called BK Assistant, compiles "friendliness scores" at the fast-food chain's locations based on employees' conversations, according to a promotional video the company shared with the BBC.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2026

The group compiles its figures from families of migrants and official statistics of those rescued.

From Barron's Dec. 29, 2025

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

Both figures beat the consensus of analyst expectations compiled by FactSet.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

That compares with 598 million euros in the same period last year, and comes in ahead of analysts expectations for 1.63 billion euros, according to a consensus of estimates compiled by the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

That’s according to data compiled by University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

IBM said adjusted earnings per share were up 5% from a year ago to $2.93, but that was below the average analyst estimate of $3.01 compiled by FactSet.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Graunt compiled statistics for the number born and dying each year, and the causes of death, from the annual bills of mortality that were published in London.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

For the Facebook creator, his primary residence has long been an enormous Palo Alto compound, which he spent several years compiling and which is now estimated to be worth over $110 million.

From MarketWatch May 4, 2026

She recited some of the research she’d been compiling.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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