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compile

[kuhm-pahyl] / kəmˈpaɪl /


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States compile and maintain voter rolls, so only they have complete information about who is registered and casts ballots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In a sermon delivered in Italian on Thursday at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the pope suggested machines lack a soul, saying they merely "compile data" quickly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 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

The only Englishman to compile a Test ton, and the scorer of 141 against India in a one-day international at Lord's, ends with nine scores below 20 from his other 15 innings.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

I merely determined to compile a list of all the books I had ever read.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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

The editor then compiles the footage to be ready for the audience to watch the next day to record their reactions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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

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

Freight costs have soared in recent weeks, making it far more expensive to move crude and oil products around the world, according to data compiled by the International Energy Agency.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

It added evidence was being compiled and reviewed as part of the ongoing investigation.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Airfares this holiday season will be the highest they have been in at least a decade, according to data compiled by Hopper, a travel-booking company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

After a week, I have compiled the following survey: Gail is sharing a room in a well-known downtown flophouse for $250 a week.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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

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

The central controversy of Arendt’s career concerned her claims about Jewish leaders’ roles in compiling lists and administering deportations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

She had been compiling it without my knowledge for the last year or so we were together.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee


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