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[kuhm-pahyl] / kəmˈpaɪl /


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She can compile reports and command the attention of the defence secretary and Parliament regarding issues she feels need exposure.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In the years since, Duke and his colleagues have expanded on the initial scope of his dissertation to compile more evidence from a larger collection of samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The cameras compile license plate numbers and other identifying information, including make, model, paint color, dents and bumper stickers.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

P&G asked Strong, then the marketing director for Pampers, to compile a report on the private-label threat.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

After I clean my room, I continue to compile my enormous list of questions for the Socrates Project.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

It also has a searchable public website that compiles public information on banks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The three-year project led by specialist historians compiles "The Register of British Slave Traders", a list that details as many as "10,500 investors" in "Britain's near-250 year transatlantic slave trade" in African people.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The heart-wrenching effort to locate victims continues online, on a government website that compiles information on survivors and the missing, alongside numerous pleas for help.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 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

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

States collect detailed birth and death records, but when those records are compiled nationally, personally identifiable information is removed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The share of banks’ debt securities portfolios with at least four years of remaining maturity hit over 20% of assets in 2021, according to regulatory data compiled by BankviewUSA.com.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Tracking data compiled by Bloomberg showed the ship's last port of call appeared to have been Izmail, in southern Ukraine, which it left on September 18 fully laden.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Roberts compiled a 36-49 record with Los Angeles after being hired ahead of the 2025 season following nearly a decade leading the women’s basketball program at Utah.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The accompanying text reads as if it is compiled rather than written.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

He said he was "compiling a dossier" with his editor to prove that he authentically wrote the book.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Times examined the county’s restraining order process, compiling data from hundreds of thousands of cases, and interviewing dozens of domestic abuse and harassment victims, attorneys and victim service providers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

On the other hand, when it comes to compiling a list of mail voters for USPS, Avore noted that these states are actually better suited than others to share that list.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026

Clinical geneticist Dr. Xiao P. Peng, who helped confirm Hinken’s family’s diagnoses, said the tools still make mistakes and are better at generating possible leads, translating complex medical jargon and compiling research than making diagnoses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Last week, I told the cultural chairwoman about my idea of compiling a songbook, and she agreed to let me and Roza do it.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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