collecting

Example Sentences

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Longer term, he said the UK needed a more strategic approach, including collecting better data, targeted retrofitting of existing homes and learning from hotter countries through measures such as external shutters and reflective exterior paint.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Ali and his team have been analyzing the behavior of individual investors by collecting and processing reams of trading data, he told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

To combat what she saw as retaliation, Wynn-Williams began collecting documentation to submit to internal investigators, but was fired before she could share the material, according to the complaint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

That's done by pumping pressurised fluid into one well, and then collecting steam or hot water from another well.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

I’ve been trading, collecting things to sell in the secondhand shops and sometimes in the rubbish bins outside the nicer houses, washing and sewing and repairing what I find.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron