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collect

[kuh-lekt] / kəˈlɛkt /




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The broadcaster has said it will collect video messages via its Telegram channel from people outside the region and air them via satellite TV.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The country’s legislature recently expanded anti-money-laundering laws to impose stricter due diligence requirements and push companies to collect more information on their controlling ownership, among other measures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Weather radar, lightning location systems, aircraft and marine observation, hydrological monitoring and other vital systems all rely on these frequency bands to collect and exchange data.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

What kept the brand alive through the slump was the rise of kidults — adults who collect toys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

“This is left over from when I used to collect it.”

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

During mating, the male collects the eggs using specialized appendages near the base of his head called 'ovigers'.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

In an El Niño year, the mass of warm water that normally collects in the western Pacific shifts east toward South America, with ocean temperatures indicating how strong an event will be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Felix, a food redistribution charity, collects surplus food from shops and other providers so that it is not thrown away or incinerated.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Former Times art critic Christopher Knight argues that much of the imagery the museum collects belongs to a media landscape that no longer exists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

After a few minutes, Ren collects our papers and writes the options on the whiteboard.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

Researchers also collected daily information about sleep quality, perceived stress, mood, and energy using the same EMA approach.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The group has collected thousands of signatures in a petition to get the school to open its gates, and is collaborating with students to potentially picket together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Animal rights activists collected the signatures of five percent of registered voters in the District of Colombia to mandate the referendum on the quintessentially French culinary delicacy that is made from the enlarged duck livers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The research, conducted by Kira Dunn as part of her MSc in Marine Biology with Oceanography at the University of Southampton, analysed monitoring data collected since the first eco-moorings were installed.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

I thought about mentioning this to Regan, but she was the picture of cool, calm, and collected, and I decided against it.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"This dataset represents decades of work by field researchers from around the world, collecting samples from some of the most remote places, from New Zealand to Madagascar," said Professor Teeling.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

I’m still working at 71, collecting almost $40,000 a year in Social Security benefits.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

"I've been collecting for quite some time over the years and it was interesting," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

He began meticulously collecting it in 2022 as a territorial-defense unit commander.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

She’d started collecting them even before Hanako was born, stuffing them into a drawer.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata




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