collection
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To establish that the fossils represented a new species, Cruz closely examined amphibian bones from the La Brea Tar Pits collection, which had not received a detailed assessment in nearly 30 years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
He makes YouTube videos about his 12-car collection in his home city of Phoenix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The mixed 4x100m is a new addition to these championships, and not a gold previously available to Asher-Smith as she built her record collection of honours.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Meyers proceeds to tell an astonished Ed that he’s a huge fan of his long-forgotten 1979 poetry collection entitled “Way Past Go,” the postal worker’s fleeting brush with literary success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“You must mean our collection of the letters of Agatha Swanburne. There are thousands of them, for she was a faithful correspondent. Luckily, her handwriting was superb.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
He began studying the Tar Pits' relatively understudied reptile and amphibian collections while working there as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Rice saw an opportunity in the retro tech to get new people into the library or encourage existing patrons to explore other departments or collections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Tell me about the earthen colors in your collections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
He has advised these organizations on fossil collections and educational exhibits.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
I met people who owned entire collections of houses and spent more on one restaurant meal than my family had paid for 93 Little Hobart Street.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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