collect
Example Sentences
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She has, and continues to collect, pop star dolls and paraphernalia.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
It, for instance, won’t be able to collect tolls on oil tankers traversing the strait.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
On a day that saw three players—McIlroy, Justin Rose and Cameron Young—take turns atop a crowded leaderboard, McIlroy came out on top at 12-under to collect his sixth career major, one ahead of Scottie Scheffler.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
With only 11% of Wales' 15,000 species banked, these two conservationists are racing to collect all of the country's species.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
“I don’t even collect it anymore,” she said.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Vocabulary lists containing collect
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
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