collect
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Unlike schools, further education and sixth form colleges in England are not required to collect or report attendance data.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Even those payments could become harder to collect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
I came back every day to collect my rewards and spent them on more decor and clothing.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
A clinic might collect $10,000 or $20,000 for a procedure — but it also needs surgeons, nurses, real estate, marketing and a constant stream of new patients.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
“He’ll be here soon. He’ll collect his due, and then I’ll be free. This is my last favor that I owe Nansi. And you’re the last Shard Nansi needs before he starts his ritual.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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He’s what is commonly referred to as a “sneakerhead,” someone who collects an array of athletic shoes that range in price from a few hundred dollars to several thousand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The university operates the Planetary Virtual Observatory Laboratory, a website that collects ground-based images of solar system planets submitted by observers around the world.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
This business includes sales of apps where Apple collects as much as 30% fees on in-app purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Like many retailers, Matteo Sgaramella, founder of Toronto-based menswear brand Outclass, told the BBC that his company collects orders from clothing designers months before they are due to arrive in stores.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Mr. Grote shows me how he grows wild rice in the stream and collects the seeds.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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The survey found "ordinary contact with nature" was unfamiliar to many children and 61% of children had never collected a conker or camped in a tent.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Owens and Wilson largely ignored the substantial evidence prosecutors collected for the trial of the accused Tyler Robinson, which is expected to begin this fall.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Henley, who has collected 250 tackles, 4½ sacks and three interceptions over the past two seasons, has much on his plate as the unequivocal leader of the linebacker corps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Using this framework, the team examined roughly 10 years of geomagnetic measurements collected between 2012 and 2022 by the British Geological Survey's Eskdalemuir Observatory.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Above the bed, Clare had filled a shelf with books collected from Deadwood Dump.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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OpenAI won’t be collecting the $1 million, either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Davis’ eye for collecting art reflected the same instinct he used to identify emerging musical talent, said Sara Friedlander, chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Investigators will spend the week collecting information at the crash site at Miami International Airport.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
We are collecting information individually and collectively about the players, about the structure, about the capacity to build the team.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
More students arrived to school on foot, and Moss noticed a group of them collecting across the street, their voices loud and exuberant, but not more so than the pulsing, formless entity outside the school.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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