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collect

[kuh-lekt] / kəˈlɛkt /




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Bondholders collect interest in return for lending their money, which is known as the bond yield.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

The fast-food standards have them, of course, but so do regional chains and neighborhood coffee shops: download this, order ahead, skip the line, collect points, save your usual.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

"The people who used to collect things, stock up on things, or take an interest in things are gone," he added.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The newly developed nanorobots show that it is already possible to collect bacteria, transport them, and release them at selected locations.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

He led Penelope back to her bunk and told her to collect her things.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

It is fed by rainwater that collects in two artificial lakes.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

I think the next big opportunity will come from identifying who collects the toll after all this infrastructure gets built.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

She collects material from other places, too, like dirt from her daughter’s preschool yard or sand from local beaches — anything elemental that “will really alchemize and change form in the kiln.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

This change didn’t affect how the CDC detects and investigates outbreaks; for that it relies on a separate reporting system that collects case and genetic sequencing information from labs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

While other children of their age learned other things, Estha and Rahel learned how history negotiates its terms and collects its dues from those who break its laws.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

If the data were collected at different times, for example, some of the information -- especially on a fluid process like gaining US citizenship -- could be out-of-date, he explained.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

In just 15 minutes at a Manhattan arcade, the 20-year-old college student and her boyfriend had collected three prizes from the rows of claw machines.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Meanwhile, in well over 100 film and TV appearances since 1974, the 79-year-old Jenkins has collected two Oscar nominations and four Emmy nods.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

People aged six and above would have their biometric data collected, with information - such as fingerprints - stored on the Eurodac database.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

“She collected marbles when she was young, and she has willed her entire collection to me.”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Lastly, a growing crowd of car enthusiasts is collecting vehicles that are remarkably normal—think Ford Tauruses, Honda Civics and Buick station wagons.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Environmental Protection Agency to install air monitors and continue collecting date at nearby schools.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

She said the pandemic created conditions for increased interest in activities like collecting.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

She is one of 21 drone pilots for the OS, in charge of collecting footage to track changes on the ground.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

But I really didn’t think of much besides keeping track of the new jobs in my notebook and recutting the lawns that came due and collecting the money and handing it over to Arnold.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen




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