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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
Fekkai decided to collate the data after buying her own tickets for the Cowboy Carter tour.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025
Officials use a variety of sources to collate the number of pilgrims but they admit there is a possibility of some duplication.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
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
She pushes the button to collate the syllabus but forgets to push the button for staples.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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All Flock did was come up with a very user-friendly system that collates all the information quickly, with good search options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
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
China's ministry of civil affairs, which collates death statistics, has not published nationwide cremation data covering that period.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2023
The tapes then go to the A. B. C., which collates and makes composite photographs of them for the instruction of captains.
From With The Night Mail A Story of 2000 A.D. (Together with extracts from the comtemporary magazine in which it appeared) by Frank X. Leyendecker
Together, we have collated a host of tips and tricks from blind parents over the years for what to do when the baby arrives.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
Underlying earnings rose 43% from a year earlier to $6.85 billion, topping the $6.61 billion consensus estimate collated by Visible Alpha.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
English Heritage has also acquired a collection of 800 historical postcards of Dover Castle, which were collated by the site's former head custodian.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
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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
Skillfully collating the accounts of Auden’s intimates, he offers details about the poet’s sexuality, psyche, cratering appearance and deteriorating habits that are painful to contemplate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
It may have gone beyond Janet's prompts in collating data about me.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
Harker has gone back, and is again collating his material.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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