as in to collect
to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list compiled the best short stories ever written into one fat book

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Recent Examples of compile In the subsequent four seasons he’s compiled a .262/.350/.444 line over 552 games. Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2025 Driving the news: The Texas Water Foundation and Texas Rural Funders last month released the report compiled by Jobs for the Future, a national nonprofit. Megan Stringer, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025 Analysts had expected the jab to pull in $909 million in sales for the quarter, according to estimates compiled by StreetAccount. Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025 The Swedish industry has some 30,000 employees and a turnover of 2.6 billion euros, 80 percent of which is from export, with the most important markets being the European Union, Norway and the U.S. Annual figures were compiled by TMF, Sweden’s confederation for the furniture and woodworks industry. Anders Modig Davin, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for compile

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“Compile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compile. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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