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collect

[kuh-lekt] / kəˈlɛkt /




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Instead, Indian farmers and entrepreneurs collect and process agave that grows wild.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The program allows US intelligence agencies to collect communications of foreign targets overseas without a warrant, and officials say it is central to counterterrorism and other national security work.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The team believes transfer learning could become an important tool for upcoming cosmological surveys, which are expected to collect unprecedented amounts of high-precision data about the universe in the years ahead.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

What evidence did Mr. Pelley collect to confirm Ms. Simpson’s account?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

I want to collect my goal of one thousand pounds of litter.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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