collect
Example Sentences
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Council members were hesitant to believe that a projected tax income increase of $70 million in its first year was realistic, especially when collecting from unlicensed businesses that are hard to track down.
From Los Angeles Times
The building not only houses some of the most promising young talent in the sport—on any given day, it also contains a good chunk of America’s collected speedskating wisdom.
The only thing he’d tried to collect were stamps, but then Teddy licked all of them and they lost their value.
From Literature
Mama’s hair started falling out in big tufts on her pillow, and I would go in her room and collect it when she’d get up for a while.
From Literature
According to a pact signed by Canada and Michigan in 2012, Canada will collect tolls from the bridge, which will reimburse it for construction costs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
