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collate

[kuh-layt, koh-, ko-, koh-layt, kol-ayt] / kəˈleɪt, koʊ-, kɒ-, ˈkoʊ leɪt, ˈkɒl eɪt /


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A machine can collect, compare and collate tremendous amounts of information, but it can’t do the thing that matters most of all—decide what has genuine value for human lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

On that day, I followed Nikki’s careful instructions to type and collate the lines of poetry I’d scrawled in composition books and notepads for years and leave the rest to her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024

A key recommendation of the report by Historic England was the need to introduce appropriate police systems to better record, collate and analyse crimes and incidents of loss and damage at heritage and cultural sites.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024

Rhian Bowen Davies, the Welsh government's former national adviser for violence against women, said there should be a "requirement on universities to regularly, consistently collate data".

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024

She pushes the button to collate the syllabus but forgets to push the button for staples.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Moving chronologically from the Neolithic period into the 21st century, “Cats: A History” collates a remarkable array of archaeological, artistic and literary sources to report on various human-feline relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The complex, diverse ecosystem created by European reef-building oysters has collapsed, according to the recent assessment we submitted to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which collates the statuses of ecosystems and species.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2025

The other pieces of paper include notes and thoughts, which Servais collects and collates over the offseason.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024

Eric Floehr is founder of ForecastWatch, a US company that analyses and collates the performance of weather providers, including accuracy measures.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

A bureau of information collates all available data regarding the subject of foreign trade, and distributes, upon application, reports tending to the extension of American trade abroad.

From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

Dramatic footage posted online late Wednesday and collated by DHA showed a line of parked cars in the northern Sariyer district being pushed into the torrent of muddy water, where they were swept away.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

There's a website where all the available properties are collated; crucially, all of the financial incentives are also listed.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Analysts expected an underlying profit around $12.66 billion, according to a consensus estimate collated by Visible Alpha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

After her medical diagnosis three years ago, Morgan, 62, set up The Autistic Woman website through which she collated information and stories.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

De Vries also pored through Darwin's books, and he latched onto the theory of pangenesis—the idea that “particles of information” from the body were somehow collected and collated in sperm and eggs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

A central part of its work has been to gather testimony from Sami people about their experiences, collating some 300 interviews and written accounts.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The BLS spends the days before a release collating the data and assembling the public report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

“My mother included us in everything that she did, and I mean everything. I remember as a child collating pages for her second book. It was wonderful.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

And she said a team of officers were collating and evaluating 20 years of evidence.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

Harker has gone back, and is again collating his material.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker


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