as in to compile
to bring together and put in order
The research was collated from different sources into a single volume.
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Recent Examples of collate
Excel can be a dating organizer or a tool for collating a country’s coronavirus caseload, for example.
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Mikayla Whitmore, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
The move has been criticized since, resulting in this letter collated by the Artists for Palestine UK group.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
Instead, a few times a day the payment authority (in the US, this is almost always the Federal Reserve) will collate millions of check payments made, and then deduct or add the total amount that specific banks owe or are owed when all those payments are processed.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 5 Mar. 2025
Turn to the gatefold to view the ranking of Hong Kong’s 50 Richest, collated by an industrious team led by wealth editor Jane Ho.
—Naazneen Karmali, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Mikayla Whitmore, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
The move has been criticized since, resulting in this letter collated by the Artists for Palestine UK group.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
Instead, a few times a day the payment authority (in the US, this is almost always the Federal Reserve) will collate millions of check payments made, and then deduct or add the total amount that specific banks owe or are owed when all those payments are processed.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 5 Mar. 2025
Turn to the gatefold to view the ranking of Hong Kong’s 50 Richest, collated by an industrious team led by wealth editor Jane Ho.
—Naazneen Karmali, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collate
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According to data compiled by Omnisend, British shoppers are placing greater emphasis on value.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Their American Values Atlas compiled data from more than 22,000 interviews conducted in 2024 enabling them to look at individual state attitudes with confidence.—
Karlyn Bowman,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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From organizing food drives to donating recycling proceeds to global projects, EOLO is proof that small acts can scale.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The camerlengo, a cardinal in the Catholic Church, is in charge of organizing the election in a process known as the conclave, which was recently dramatized in the Oscar-winning film Conclave.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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An old John Lennon demo was transformed into a complete song by isolating his vocals (and George Harrison’s guitar tone) and combining that with new recordings from the rest of the living band.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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The rug combines neutral and rich colors and blends with various decor styles.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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This approach minimizes energy-intensive over-provisioning by archiving cold or obsolete data to cost-efficient, low-power tiers while ensuring access to critical data without sacrificing performance.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Consider backing up important emails or archiving them.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Collate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collate. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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