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Example Sentences
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A group of students say they’ve collected 300 signatures on a petition calling for the club to be disbanded, the paper reported.
From Los Angeles Times
Because the BLS was unable to collect rent data in October, it would need another six months of observations to estimate actual housing costs.
Under the terms of the agreement, Disney would oversee the parks’ design, license its intellectual property and provide “operational expertise,” as well as collect a royalty.
From Los Angeles Times
In addition, he collected four league titles, four League Cups and three Scottish Cups.
From BBC
Companies that make things, such as fighter jets, have different fundamentals than those that finance investment by collecting a lot of money and lending most of it out.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
