compile
verb (used with object)
to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
are compiling
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present progressiveof compile.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Bauerle and other UC scholars are compiling recommendations for actions — which could include improving data collection on tribal affiliations of faculty — and hope to complete them by May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
"The record defendants have and are compiling is more than sufficient to afford them due process and prevent the trial from becoming a game of surprise," James said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2023
The final report isn’t scheduled to be published until late 2023, but the 13 federal agencies and hundreds of scientists who are compiling the assessment issued a 1,695-page draft for public comment on Monday.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Especially when you are compiling sources at the beginning of a project, those with clear bias or unclear authority can be useful as you explore all facets of a topic, including positions within an argument.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Each of you has a skill, a talent, a special knowledge we need for the immense record we are compiling.
From At the Post by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold
