compile
verb (used with object)
to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
were compiling
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past progressiveof compile.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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One of the IRS agents said they were compiling potential Mann Act violations along with the Justice Department.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Yulia Svyrydenko, who also serves as first vice prime minister, said government officials were compiling macroeconomic forecasts ahead of the start of negotiations next month with the International Monetary Fund on a fresh lending programme.
From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2022
Some counties still were compiling final results that were due Monday, reviewing provisional ballots cast by voters when poll workers weren’t sure they were eligible.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
All these online publications were compiling these lists: “Here’s 10 Black brands that you should know.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
There is a very old story to the effect that a party of gentlemen who were compiling a dictionary described a crab as 'a small red animal which walks backwards.'
From My Contemporaries In Fiction by David Christie Murray
