collect
Example Sentences
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“The assumption had been that a winner would know how to collect. That prize culture etiquette, its unwritten rules and regulations, would be second nature to them,” Corey reflects.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
"We have to build communities of specialists for most taxonomic groups of the organisms we're going to collect. I think it's the way we can solve this in a short period of time," he said.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2023
"All my customers are saying they don't have cash, they will pay using a bank transfer, but I go to the bank and there's no cash for me to collect. So what do I do?"
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2023
"Our death registry, of course, takes a few weeks…to collect. And, of course, omicron has just been with us for a few weeks. But those data will be forthcoming."
From Fox News • Jan. 10, 2022
“They don't have to die to collect. They get a thousand dollars each when they're eighteen. It's insurance to get them through college.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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