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collection

[kuh-lek-shuhn] / kəˈlɛk ʃən /


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His challenge is to turn his vast collection of assets into a company capable of competing with Netflix, Disney, Amazon and Apple while simultaneously taking billions of dollars in costs out of the business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

He starts preparing for winter, ponders his stamp collection, checks the schedule for the garbage disposal and considers mowing the lawn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The piece is now in the collection of Pérez Art Museum Miami.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The auction included lots from the collection of German Producer Reinhold Mack, who worked with Queen on several albums in the 1980s.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

She couldn’t put any thoughts into a coherent collection in her head.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

I invest a lot of effort in making my albums conceptual, since I’m not into records that are random collections of tracks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Since his arrival a year ago at the helm of Chanel, Matthieu Blazy has created a buzz and sales frenzy at the classic French label, with customers queueing outside some boutiques for his latest collections.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Today, the surviving library consists of about 1,800 scrolls and scroll fragments held in collections in Italy, France and England.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

H&M said sales in its fiscal third quarter—which runs from June through August—rose 1% in local currencies, just above a UBS forecast looking for 0.7%, as summer collections were well received.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

When you come across old students from Hailsham, you always find them, sooner or later, getting nostalgic about their collections.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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