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collect

Definition for collect

verb as in accumulate, come together

verb as in obtain (money)

Strongest matches

raise, secure, solicit

Strong matches

acquire, muster, requisition

Weak matches

dig up, pass the hat

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Texas-based Heritage Auctions, which hosted Thursday's sale, called it the "pinnacle of comic collecting".

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"I never managed to get home to collect my stuff," he says.

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They then collect the items that have more than one sticker and do a trade or flip a coin to decide who gets what.

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The record 43-day government shutdown prevented the agency from collecting key data for October, the BLS said, and that’s led to the rescheduling of all the monthly economic reports for November.

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Two-thirds of deliveries were played from the back foot - their most in an innings since such data was first collected almost 20 years ago.

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