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collected

[kuh-lek-tid] / kəˈlɛk tɪd /


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Friday’s filing in the Court of International Trade offered the clearest picture yet of how the government envisions repaying $166 billion in tariffs that it collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA.

From Barron's

She collected people like her dog collected burrs — random encounters in the park that somehow stuck.

From Los Angeles Times

Then it rained, and the water collected in pools and the pools made holes in the ice.

From Literature

Fund managers raised money from clients and lent it out, paying the investors dividends from the interest collected.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both pieces of information could be obtained from a small skin sample collected from the animals.

From Science Daily