collection
Example Sentences
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Unite argued it genuinely believed the injunction only applied to protests in the immediate vicinity of the depots, not further along collection routes.
From BBC
Pressley has introduced the Ending Administrative Wage Garnishment Act, which would “protect borrowers by ending garnishment as a tool writ large for student debt collection by the federal government, regardless of who’s in office.”
From Salon
As the company’s liquidity ran dry, it resorted to “self help” to stay afloat, using revenue collections earmarked to repay lenders to cover operating costs instead, including its legal fees, court papers show.
“That’s why we came here. We want to take up a collection and pay for his headstone, with whatever quote you would like on it.”
From Literature
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“If you look at the collection of companies that ultimately formed Lumen, the underlying technologies and backbones were never integrated,” he said.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.