compile

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The briefings compile intelligence from complaints made to Trading Standards by community members and different authorities, as well as intelligence from "regional databases such as Citizens Advice Bureau… Companies House data… and open source research".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

In Pakula’s “All the President’s Men,” The Washington Post newsroom functions almost like a secret lair, a place where the good guys can hide out and compile their facts.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Mater Dei has had people helping compile stats in football and basketball for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Cannon’s additional reasons to suppress Volume II—beyond her insistence that Smith had no power to compile or submit it—were characteristically incoherent.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

I would man the office, listen for the phone, open the week’s mail, greet guests when they came through, and compile the morning’s Sunday school report.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry