1
as in library
an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure
his stamp collection has become quite valuable
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2
as in accumulation
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
a collection of lint underneath the dryer
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3
as in batch
a number of things considered as a unit
the historic village boasts an interesting collection of gift shops and antique stores
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Recent Examples of collection
Black Sabbath shirts, plaques, and albums also appear in the collection.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Videos published to American Eagle's social media channels feature the Euphoria star modeling various denim styles while working on a car, auditioning for a spot in the campaign and speaking straight to camera about the new collection.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The museum will reopen with a survey of Tom Lloyd; an exhibition of works on paper by previous artists-in-residence; the first installment of a rotating presentation of works from its 9,000-piece collection; and a show examining the institution’s history through archival photographs and ephemera.
—News Desk, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2025
There will also be a collection of shorts, meaning something to mark each decade the studio has existed.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Videos published to American Eagle's social media channels feature the Euphoria star modeling various denim styles while working on a car, auditioning for a spot in the campaign and speaking straight to camera about the new collection.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The museum will reopen with a survey of Tom Lloyd; an exhibition of works on paper by previous artists-in-residence; the first installment of a rotating presentation of works from its 9,000-piece collection; and a show examining the institution’s history through archival photographs and ephemera.
—News Desk, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2025
There will also be a collection of shorts, meaning something to mark each decade the studio has existed.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collection
Noun
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French doors with a transom window in the living room lead to a room that could be a home office, den, or library.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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The trail will connect with the existing Tinley Creek trail and also make sections of Oak Forest more accessible by foot or bike, including City Hall, Central Park, the library and Oak Forest High School, according to the county.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Health inspectors found old food and grease accumulation on the fan cover above the two-door freezer, on the floor beneath the back storage racks and on the wall behind the second cook line.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The best storm thus far in the northern metro dropped one quarter inch of rain, so some accumulations up to this amount are possible with any stronger storms that develop.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The newest batch of openings follows Ernie Herrman, CEO of TJX Companies, announcing in May 2024 a goal of opening at least 1,300 additional locations globally across the TJX portfolio of stores.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Many speculated that a batch of two dozen factory-fresh Flankers Moscow had initially built for Egypt would now go to Iran.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The lawsuit’s goal is to ensure enforcement of the deed restrictions, which call for passive, non-commercial recreational uses not involving large assemblages of people or cars.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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There’s our Talmudic reading of the alternate-side calendar, with its we-are-the-world assemblage of holidays: to celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension, Eid al-Adha, and Tisha B’Av, a day of fasting that commemorates various Jewish disasters, nobody has to move their car.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Roll the brown-butter sugar cookie dough balls in a cinnamon-sugar mixture for the perfect melt in your mouth sweet.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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Whisk through to combine, or using your paddle attachment, stir through flour mixture until combined well.—
Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Indeed, the footage of the cluster of cells meeting the uterus looks like a mini cosmic explosion.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The organization also is partnering with a nonprofit developer to create a cluster of 21 shipping containers converted into little houses in Eastpointe, just outside Detroit.—
Felice J. Freyer,
NPR,
16 Aug. 2025
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Lulu and Georgia’s assortment strategy evolves alongside its brand presence.—
Kaleigh Moore,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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This assortment will include body creams and lotions, fragrance mists, Wallflower diffusers, PocketBac hand sanitizers, lip products such as glosses and scrubs, hand soaps, as well as 3-wick candles, according to Schumacher.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Aug. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Collection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collection. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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