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collected

[kuh-lek-tid] / kəˈlɛk tɪd /


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Collected by gliders, floats and drifters, these instruments provide valuable information about the most turbulent region of the hurricane environment, called the boundary layer, where the air meets the ocean.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

Collected by oil companies, the scans of beneath the Gulf of Mexico seafloor provided an ideal comparison to Mars, Cardenas explained.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023

Collected for more than a century, from 1885 all the way up to 1993, curator Thom Burns says there are over half a million glass plates in the collection.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

Collected in 2020, the data doesn’t cover the recent shifts in home prices and inflation.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

The cover of the poetry book read The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore




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