collect
Example Sentences
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The coffins were collected by the three teams in canoes and towed ashore, with each being worth £1,000 for the prize fund.
From BBC
People gathered outside afterwards collecting their thoughts, some walking away with tears streaming from their eyes.
From Barron's
The research team analyzed gene expression data from post-mortem prefrontal cortex tissue collected from 207 AA brain donors, including 125 individuals with pathologically confirmed AD and 82 controls.
From Science Daily
Flores has repeated the analysis for each month since June, with the exception of October, when the federal government shut down and for the first time in some 50 years did not collect these data.
From Los Angeles Times
Our house was constantly filled with the people she collected.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
