How to Use compilation in a Sentence

compilation

noun
  • The CD is a compilation of greatest hits.
  • In 1980, the first Garfield compilation had pounced to the New York Times bestseller list.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 24 May 2024
  • The compilations double as right-off-the-bat plot twists.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2023
  • For years, the list marked a compilation of those whose wealth had reached $1 billion.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024
  • For instance, the loss is something like the good old compilation tape.
    Nathan Taylor Pemberton, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
  • And the coolest thing for young people is to make compilations again, analog stuff.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 May 2023
  • The cologne is a compilation of top notes like tart red apples, bergamot, lime and plum.
    Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Give your compilation a name and tap Create—the app will take you straight to your new, empty playlist.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Here is a compilation of some of the better quotes to come out of ASU's preseason camp.
    Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
  • This compilation is made up of some of their most iconic songs.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Radar is a weekly compilation of theme park notes and nods.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Catch us blasting the entire compilation, out July 21, in the car, at the beach and in the office all summer long.
    Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 20 June 2023
  • The compilation allows readers to binge the series as it was meant to be: one six-chapter kind of book.
    Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The compilation clip could, at a push, be used as a sort of generational Rorschach test.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Her compilation captured some of the food, including lots of sweets and even a toast bar.
    Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022
  • The list below is not a compilation of my all-time favorites, because that would be too many books to count.
    Kristen Arnett, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • The compilation peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and has managed to remain a favorite for decades.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The compilation of clips then switched to the beach and a pair of black Vans sneakers lying in the sand as Penelope and her friends frolicked in the water in the background.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
  • First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2024
  • So in a way, this compilation has a relevance to it (for younger people).
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • This spring, the students in the class released their 20th compilation album on Blue Hawk Records.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Released in June 2020 as part of a Mexican Summer compilation, that song was the start of a brand new sound for Williamson.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Curtain Call: The Hits as the rap icon’s second compilation.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 July 2022
  • RuPaul is ringing in the new year with a brand-new compilation album!
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Trending on Billboard The music contained on the compilation came to life as a function of world events.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2024
  • The book’s cover artwork shares its photo with Brooks’s 1994 compilation project The Hits.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 July 2022
  • The video, which the park posted on social media last week, is a compilation of shots captured by a trail camera.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The book is a compilation of essays, personal narratives, and art from refugee youth around the world.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • The babies and their sweet costumes were shown off on All Hallows’ Eve in a video compilation shared on the hospital’s Facebook page.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Cher’s appearance in the show follows the release of her greatest hits compilation Forever.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024

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