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To compile a list of the large-cap technology stocks that have fallen the most during July, we began with the components of:
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Or “You’re an auditor who has been hired to check the work of an internal data-analytics team that’s been using AI to compile customer data and sales prospects.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The UN mission urged Afghan authorities to "compile a record of the missing" from the hospital strike to help their relatives find answers about their fate.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Before you get to that stage, however, club owners and chairmen will rely on their sporting director and chief executive to compile a list of names.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Several of the island’s censors would compile a brief news digest from other daily radio bulletins.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Robert Watts, who compiles the list, said this year's Rich List is "a tale of two exoduses".
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
The data came from the Geneva registry and the National Agency for Cancer Registration, which compiles information from cantonal cancer registries across Switzerland.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
The health department compiles the annual report from records provided by the Los Angeles County medical examiner augmented by state death certificates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
“It’s become such a complex system,” says Ruthie Rowe, president of NeedyMeds, a nonprofit that compiles information on medication patient assistance programs.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
When he’s finished, he compiles statistics and concludes confidently that a flea’s ears are in its back legs.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Compared with the same period a year earlier, sales grew 6% on a constant exchange rate basis and exceeded the 30.27 billion Swiss francs analysts had expected, according to a company compiled consensus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The drugmaker’s sales grew 6% on a constant exchange rate basis and exceeded analysts’ expectations, according to a company compiled consensus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The subsequent report has been compiled by King's College London.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, overall revenue grew 6.4% to $24.18 billion, above the average analyst estimate compiled by FactSet of $23.95 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
It was a list of items, items that had been stolen from houses in Lake Windsor Downs, as compiled by the Tangerine County Sheriff’s Department.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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Charlotin has been compiling a database of court documents containing AI hallucinations since April 2023.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
For the Facebook creator, his primary residence has long been an enormous Palo Alto compound, which he spent several years compiling and which is now estimated to be worth over $110 million.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
We’re also answering your questions and compiling your tips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
Swift does not appear in the video, instead compiling a "supercut" of scenes from the late actress's films, alongside archive clips and newsreels showing the star being hounded by paparazzi.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
He consumed hours each day leafing through law books, compiling research that he hoped would help reverse his conviction.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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