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collection

[kuh-lek-shuhn] / kəˈlɛk ʃən /


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“We’ll just keep the two really nice ones that he was so proud of. We’ll keep those in his collection, and we can sell prints if we feel like it.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

There are equally eloquent maxims throughout Ms. White’s enjoyable collection.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The humor writer, whose new essay collection comes out this month, does not want to hear about your feelings: “Please don’t finish that sentence on me.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Some residents in Luton suggest charges for bulky waste collection as a possible contributing factor.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

What has been assembled, he proclaimed, “is by far the greatest collection of Islamic glass in the world.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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