collect
Example Sentences
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An ordinance passed in 1968 lets the school board collect a 1% sales tax to fund teacher bonuses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The team believes transfer learning could become an important tool for upcoming cosmological surveys, which are expected to collect unprecedented amounts of high-precision data about the universe in the years ahead.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
When Awosika went to the building the following day, she realised the scale of the problem and described how group after group arrived, all expecting to collect keys for the same property.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
His family said he was going to collect a motorcycle from a mechanic's shop in his hometown of Milagro.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
“Only, it might take a few weeks to collect them all, and some of the eggs might have a little bit of sand in them.”
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
Vocabulary lists containing collect
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
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"A Natural Balance" and "In My Dreams"
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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