collect
Example Sentences
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Critics say the BLS has to upgrade its technology and rapidly modernize how it collects economic data to make the jobs report more accurate.
From MarketWatch
And there’s no way he’s collecting any to taste, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, the main backer of the tax proposal, needs to collect about 875,000 signatures by June 24 in order to get the measure on the November ballot.
From Los Angeles Times
Altogether, the team collected hair from 48 individuals, creating a valuable record of lead exposure along Utah's Wasatch Front, an area that once faced heavy industrial pollution.
From Science Daily
After volunteering at a food bank, Compton got a job at a homeless mission, looking after hospital discharges, collecting medical histories, teaching self-care and tending to skin wounds.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
