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collect

[kuh-lekt] / kəˈlɛkt /




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Optical fibers collect the photons produced in each section and carry the light to photomultiplier tubes or silicon photomultipliers, which count the photons.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

When they retire, they’d collect the money in the account as a lump sum, plus their regular pension.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

In April 2024, the Biden administration cleared the way for more than 4 million low-wage workers to collect overtime pay.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

From the outset, his decision to delay included the risk that he might never live long enough to collect — or might collect very little.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

I am built to collect and process information.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Base fees, or what BlackRock collects from clients for managing their money, rose 8% from a year earlier when stripping out the impact of market moves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Its holding is worth about $115 million at the current stock price — peanuts for a company that collects revenue of about $5 billion a year.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

As tissues respond to those signals, the scanner collects the information needed to generate an image.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

Andrew Gula, a petition committee member and volunteer who collects signatures at state festivals, said that the public response has been overwhelmingly positive.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

He collects some and sends them to Theo, along with pieces he’s done at the asylum.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

"We have been assisting regulators on this matter and provided evidence we collected, as we do in any referral."

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

A World War II American airman attached eight banknotes from different countries into a roll called a “short snorter” and collected 39 signatures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Crews tackling the fire have been inundated with drinks, food and treats collected by Micklehurst Cricket Club in Mossley, where two of its members are firefighters.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Archaeologists have uncovered crystals at numerous sites containing Homo remains, suggesting that early human relatives deliberately collected these unusual stones as far back as 780,000 years ago.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

The bird collected herself and said, “Are you going to invite me in?”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Reasons for the fake posts included wanting to give the appearance that a company was growing, and collecting resumes for later.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

This included examining the accident site and plane wreckage; collecting evidence, including the flight recorders; and reviewing relevant records, including the crew members' medical history and training records.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

To preserve the history of these neighborhoods, Clockshop, an arts organization, has been collecting interviews with locals as part of a multimedia oral history project since 2023.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

To close that gap, the team conducted years of fieldwork, including collecting living brachiopods in Washington state's San Juan Islands, where they remain relatively common.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

My brothers and my mother were able to make some of the other preparations for me—collecting sticks and gum for the arrows, collecting the rope to bind them with.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola




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