- present participle of collect.
collecting
Example Sentences
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Nepal police began collecting DNA samples from relatives this week to build a database for identifying bodies, while families overseas will be able to submit samples in their home countries.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Chase said the acquisition marked an expansion of the library’s collecting interests beyond its millions of rare books, manuscripts and historical items spanning from the 11th through the 21st centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
These are not friends who have effusively expressed admiration for the anime in the past, nor have they been collecting cards past the previously socially acceptable threshold of 13 years old.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
At times it felt like there was a certain inevitability about Scottie Scheffler collecting his second Fedex Cup title on Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 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
