collating

present participle of collate

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Verb
  • Sadler worked at Evergreen, Kevin Hughes worked compiling statistics for Cash Box.
    Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Torres, a 24-year-old from Uruguay, made 113 starts in 123 appearances for the Lions across all competitions, compiling a club-record 47 goals and 25 assists.
    Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Other busy work like checking emails and organizing files can be done when the children are awake.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Many probationary employees in the Science Mission Directorate, expecting not to come back the following week, spent Valentine’s Day and the weekend organizing their work and sending it to others, unprompted.
    David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Collating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collating. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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