collates

Definition of collatesnext
present tense third-person singular of collate

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Recent Examples of collates Munro pointed to changes made at BBC Arabic, including overhauling its Press Review item — which collates media reporting from the Middle East — and bolstering editorial leadership and accountability at the service. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025 However, an odds tracker that collates data from about two dozen bookmakers places him second behind the favorite, Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025 Digital fingerprinting collates an array of data from your phone — your IP address, device model and OS, time zone, setup and anything else if can get — to create a unique identifier in aggregate, even if each individual data snippet us useless on its own. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • The California Governor's Race Candidate Guide compiles more than 20 hours of interviews with top-polling candidates and presents them in a side-by-side, issue-by-issue format.
    Richard Ramos, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Doug McLennan, editor in chief of ArtsJournal, which compiles articles about arts and culture, estimated that between 2000 and 2008, nearly 80% of arts journalists and critics were laid off.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Castmembers Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie took the stage at CCXP Mexico City to tease their project that combines comedy with sci-fi and is set to begin streaming on HBO Max in July.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The Normandie combines gyudon with a classic French dip.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026

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“Collates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collates. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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