collecting

Example Sentences

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See: I’m 65, widowed and collecting Social Security survivor benefits.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

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

I’m still beaming when I hand it to the guy collecting them at the back of the theater.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston