collect
Example Sentences
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Children moved between piles of debris, collecting firewood from collapsed structures.
From BBC
This means Oracle will have a pressing question regarding its own books: Is collecting the $300 billion from OpenAI still “probable” in management’s judgment?
The scientists in 1980 measured the growth of the bulge over time from the Timberline and Coldwater II sites; scientists today are doing the same but collecting the information via satellites from space.
From Literature
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During that shutdown, the BLS was also unable to collect October inflation and unemployment data, leaving some figures lost to history.
Urssaf is an independent body that collects social charges from both companies and employees to fund France's state-run retirement accounts, unemployment insurance and medical coverage.
From Barron's
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