was compiling
- past progressive of compile.
Example Sentences
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We have also learned that, at the same time GSK was compiling its findings, it was also applying to use Ropinirole for a different condition, RLS.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
She had gathered Perez’s father’s name and date of birth and wrote it into a notebook in which she was compiling the names of all those taken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
The P.R. was necessary in a time of European dictatorship, though fear that the government was compiling “dossiers” may now seems quaint in an era of data breaches and doxxing.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
According to the Times account, Moïse was compiling a dossier of traffickers’ names that he planned to share with the U.S. government.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2021
So the disciple was commanded to employ his poetical gifts in contributing to a hymnbook which Newton was compiling.
From Cowper by Smith, Goldwin
