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collect

[kuh-lekt] / kəˈlɛkt /




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David Bishop, 60, planned to collect the ashes of former miner John from Gwent Crematorium and take them to Nottinghamshire so they could be laid beside his late mum.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The team believes transfer learning could become an important tool for upcoming cosmological surveys, which are expected to collect unprecedented amounts of high-precision data about the universe in the years ahead.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

What evidence did Mr. Pelley collect to confirm Ms. Simpson’s account?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

This display is described as a “tiny slice” of the Huntington’s archive on Otis Reed “Dock” Marston, a historian and river runner who made it his life’s goal to collect information on the Colorado River.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And then she paused, taking a deep breath to collect herself.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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