as in to compile
to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list
anthologized an impressive array of essays championing freedom of the press
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Recent Examples of anthologize
After considering multiple options, including having the same ensemble return as new characters, the producers opted to anthologize the show, promising new stories and new casts with each season.
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Joshua Alston, Variety, 5 June 2023
Her essays have been anthologized in both Best American Food Writing and Best American Science and Nature Writing.
—Katy Kelleher, ELLE, 31 May 2023
Her fiction was anthologized in Tiny Crimes (Catapult, 2018).
—Hazlitt, 10 May 2023
Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing.
—Talia Buford, ProPublica, 5 May 2023
As oratory goes, this was unlikely to be anthologized.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Apr. 2023
Ought to be anthologized.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Feb. 2023
Though not a household name, Adams has been widely anthologized alongside the greats of the short story, such as John Cheever, Raymond Carver (Sklenicka’s previous subject), Joyce Carol Oates, and Lorrie Moore.
—Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 9 Jan. 2020
Secrets soon to be anthologized in the Best Teen Writing of 2010.
—Emi Nietfeld, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
Joshua Alston, Variety, 5 June 2023
Her essays have been anthologized in both Best American Food Writing and Best American Science and Nature Writing.
—Katy Kelleher, ELLE, 31 May 2023
Her fiction was anthologized in Tiny Crimes (Catapult, 2018).
—Hazlitt, 10 May 2023
Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing.
—Talia Buford, ProPublica, 5 May 2023
As oratory goes, this was unlikely to be anthologized.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Apr. 2023
Ought to be anthologized.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Feb. 2023
Though not a household name, Adams has been widely anthologized alongside the greats of the short story, such as John Cheever, Raymond Carver (Sklenicka’s previous subject), Joyce Carol Oates, and Lorrie Moore.
—Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 9 Jan. 2020
Secrets soon to be anthologized in the Best Teen Writing of 2010.
—Emi Nietfeld, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anthologize
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Here's a list of some possible viewing locations compiled by The Arizona Republic, a USA TODAY Network publication.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
20 July 2025
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Simply put, the world number one golfer just doesn’t seem to be slowing down, collecting yet another major and doing what any father would want in those happiest of moments.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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In 1985, the government agreed to make a donation to charity equivalent to the VAT collected on sales of the original 1984 Band Aid record.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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