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collate

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


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The goal is to collate all the agreed-upon ideas into one single-page framework, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 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

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

But as she concluded, the platforms do engage in editorial functions when they curate and collate content.

From Slate Sep. 29, 2023

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

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

A new Public Health Scotland report collates 40 studies to examine the policy's effect on health, business and public attitudes.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2023

To determine which ones are the most popular, The San Francisco Chronicle sifted through data from AllTrails.com, which collates user-generated ratings and reviews of hiking routes.

From New York Times Dec. 14, 2022

The tapes then go to the A. B. C., which collates and makes composite photographs of them for the instruction of captains.

From Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard

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

This was borne out by citizens' demonstrations after Bengaluru metro hiked fares last year and ridership dropped some 13% after the hike, as per data collated by Greenpeace.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2026

Collective S&P 500 profits are forecast to rise by around 14.4% from last year to just under $609 billion, according to estimates collated by LSEG.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

Underlying earnings totaled $10.87 billion, down just 0.9% year over year but below a consensus estimate of roughly $11.03 billion collated by Visible Alpha.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

The BEA collects little data firsthand, instead collating and publishing numbers gathered by other agencies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 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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