collected
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Waste is collected in a tank that has to be emptied manually.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, for example, collected $6 billion for its new growth fund in March, on the heels of raising $4.6 billion for its prior growth fund just last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The Archive Room is painted blue and filled with Disney parks memorabilia he’s collected over the years including his ticket stubs, which are safely stored in a fillable glass lamp.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Bolstering Netflix’s coffers is a $2.8 billion breakup fee it collected after Paramount Skydance bested the streaming service’s accepted bid for WBD.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Resourceful as always, the young women collected the remaining fuel from each of their twenty aircraft and distributed it between eight lucky planes.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing collected
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