compiling

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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

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

The V-Dem Institute, based in Sweden’s University of Gothenburg, has been compiling the world’s largest dataset on democracy for more than a decade.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

While she was still in the hospital, he started compiling, as much for her benefit as for his own, sources of everyday happiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Not only was he compiling new codes for Army use, he was also teaching cryptography to Army officers, as well as breaking ciphers and codes on demand.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield