collect
Example Sentences
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Our house was constantly filled with the people she collected.
The Department of Child and Family Services took temporary custody of the child, while the dog was collected by Los Angeles Animal Services.
From Los Angeles Times
He believes Beijing is keen to collect taxes "wherever it can" as it battles a housing market slump and growing national debt.
From BBC
Essentially, employers collected inventories of workers that can be drawn down.
From MarketWatch
If you do want to sell your silver items — whether it’s a set of cutlery you inherited from grandma or coins you collected long ago — what do you need to know?
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
