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

It had already been considered as a possible "reunion song" for the Beatles in 1995, as they were compiling their career-spanning Anthology series.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 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

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 Murray, David Christie