collecting

Example Sentences

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Tuchel began collecting empty bottles and glasses, before graduating to table-waiting and eventually serving cocktails at the bar.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Towns has always been an elite shooter, but not not ago, it was easy to find Knicks fans fed up with the big man’s ambivalent defense and virtuosity at collecting foolish fouls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The change has left many Americans who spent years collecting documentation uncertain about their prospects.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

City officials said they were less interested in actually collecting the taxes from unlicensed businesses, which would be difficult, and more in using it as a tool to go after them in court.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The scientists in 1980 measured the growth of the bulge over time from the Timberline and Coldwater II sites; scientists today are doing the same but collecting the information via satellites from space.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone