collated
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(of pages or folios of a book) gathered into proper sequence.
To bind your book, place the collated pages and covers into the unit, where the binding glue must be at "ready" temperature status.
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brought together and organized, usually with annotation or comparison.
I am enclosing the collated results of the parents' questionnaire.
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Computers. (of sequenced data from two or more sets or files) merged to produce a single new sequenced data set or file.
The synthesis of our collated data sets revealed a wide range of seasonal dynamics in Australian vegetation.
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Quiz collated by Rosemary McCabe and the Special Projects team.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Collective S&P 500 profits are forecast to rise by around 14.4% from last year to just under $609 billion, according to estimates collated by LSEG.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Underlying earnings totaled $10.87 billion, down just 0.9% year over year but below a consensus estimate of roughly $11.03 billion collated by Visible Alpha.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Data collated by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, latest available 2024*
From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025
De Vries also pored through Darwin's books, and he latched onto the theory of pangenesis—the idea that “particles of information” from the body were somehow collected and collated in sperm and eggs.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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