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compilations

noun

plural of compilation

as in anthologies

a collection of writings the poet bound a compilation of her best work into a single volume

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Recent Examples of compilations Some of his highlight compilations and training videos received tens of millions of views. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 Sure, Capcom's released a few compilations of the Blue Bomber's spin-off series, like the Mega Man Battle Network Collection, but there hasn't been a new mainline series entry since Mega Man 11 nearly a decade ago. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 Gotta be honest, this instrumental version from one of those cover compilations of rock songs done lullaby-style for hipster parents is kind of great. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026 Video compilations of Trachtenberg and Panettiere’s characters, Casey Carlyle and Gen Harwood, respectively, started circulating on social media on Monday, with fans noting the film’s comforting feel of nostalgia amid the tragic deaths of its stars. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 Seven of their LPs, including two hits compilations, are platinum or multiplatinum, with four others going gold. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 When other projects like compilations, live recordings and alternate releases are also taken into consideration, Little Miss Twain ties as Twain’s second-lowest-peaking title on the Billboard 200. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 This team will go down as one of the most beloved compilations of talent in the city’s history. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 14 June 2026 Longtime fans and new ones can expect full episodes, a livestream, clips, and compilations from the iconic education series, which ran from 1968 to 2001. — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 4 June 2026

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The third chapter of my book on anthologies, The Treasuries, is about literary censorship in the early nineteenth century.

— Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026
Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

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