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as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
dust has been collecting under my bed for years
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as in to compile
to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list
collected the author's early short stories, which were originally published in several obscure sci-fi magazines
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as in to gather
to bring together in one body or place
she collects antique silverware
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as in to meet
to come together into one body or place
a crowd collected at the beach as the sun slowly set over the horizon
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as in invocation
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Recent Examples of collect
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Make your yard less appealing by not letting stagnant water collect.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025
Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Many of the sacrificed motorhomes are donated by Southside Towing, which collects the vehicles throughout the year and then guts them and adds roll bars and other safety features.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Be careful not to completely block the drainage hole of your planter, which causes stagnant water collect in the bottom.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Make your yard less appealing by not letting stagnant water collect.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
Molly Meister, a DNR spokesperson, said the agency reviews all data from the company and analyzes half of the samples collected from monitoring wells and Stream C.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Many of the sacrificed motorhomes are donated by Southside Towing, which collects the vehicles throughout the year and then guts them and adds roll bars and other safety features.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
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Becton's yellow pajama pants and the single latex glove were analyzed by the Arkansas State Crime Lab, which reported the glove contained Becton's DNA and particulates of gunshot residue, according to the affidavit.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 July 2025
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This post contains minor spoilers for Happy Gilmore 2. Nearly 30 years ago, Christopher McDonald left an indelible mark on pop culture with his performance as smarmy professional golfer Shooter McGavin in the 1996 sports comedy classic Happy Gilmore.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
25 July 2025
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The Netscape engineer would surf successive technology waves, accumulating equity stakes that India couldn't match.—
Gabriel Snyder,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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During his Michigan career, Wilson often feasted on slants and other in-breaking routes, while also accumulating a lot of yards after the catch.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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For each meal, prisoners are allotted one hour, with the menu compiled by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, including macaroni, tacos, hotdogs and hamburgers.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
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The report compiled by the Star-Telegram contains data from July 20 through July 26 and 146 inspections.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Aug. 2025
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Are side effects manageable? Coordinating evidence gathering as well as contracts across state Medicaid agencies is likely to yield a more efficient process while improving access for a substantial majority of SCD sufferers nationwide.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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The Quilters meet at 8:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
27 July 2025
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The superintendent and principal also meet monthly with a student advisory committee, and the student body at each school is routinely surveyed for feedback and input, according to the district.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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These prosaic details, coming three pages from the end, are shockingly poignant in their invocation of a familiar accouterment of upper-middle-class adolescence.—
Daphne Merkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Microsoft has integrated a2a support into Azure AI Foundry and enabled a2a agent invocation through Copilot Studio.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Part of the reason for this is that LLMs make use of statistics and probabilities when selecting the words for the response being composed.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Valia’s decade of directing expensive TV episodes prepared her well for the endeavor, as each frame is composed in a way that elegantly layers the film‘s themes on top of each other.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
31 July 2025
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It’s been a long, brutal, wildly partisan, and wholly unlikely slog to get here, but Shari Redstone finally gets to preserve her family fortune by selling her patrimony, the media empire laboriously assembled by father Sumner, for about $8.5 billion and goodness knows how much cortisol and angst.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The data on the lead lines was contained in hundreds of reports assembled by the state’s water utilities and submitted to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, which regulates drinking water safety.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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“Collect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collect. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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