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as in libraries
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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as in accumulations
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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as in clusters
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 collections
Rich reds, electric greens, and tropical blues appear in many of our summer collections and are taking over city streets from Paris to New York, lending everything a sporty, high-energy joie de vivre.
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Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
24 June 2026
This marks the third release between Nahmias and Puma since the relationship was first revealed by FN in June 2025 during Paris men’s collections.
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Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
24 June 2026
The team designs and produces its off-duty chic collections ethically in the US.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
23 June 2026
Occupations represent collections of activities performed by individuals within a role.
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Michael Edmondson,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Those collections increased the last two years in question, 2023 and 2024, to over $200,000 each year.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Domaine Louis Latour’s vineyard holdings cover more than 100 acres and include one of the largest collections of Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards in Burgundy.
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Mike Desimone,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
Across Tomorrow’s portfolio, the company provided funds or reimbursed costs for producing fashion shows, developing collections, and paying suppliers.
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Joe Bobowicz,
Vogue,
17 June 2026
Some of the artifacts later appeared at major auction houses or joined the collections of museums including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
24 June 2026
This marks the third release between Nahmias and Puma since the relationship was first revealed by FN in June 2025 during Paris men’s collections.
—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
24 June 2026
The team designs and produces its off-duty chic collections ethically in the US.
—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
23 June 2026
Occupations represent collections of activities performed by individuals within a role.
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Michael Edmondson,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Those collections increased the last two years in question, 2023 and 2024, to over $200,000 each year.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Domaine Louis Latour’s vineyard holdings cover more than 100 acres and include one of the largest collections of Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards in Burgundy.
—
Mike Desimone,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
Across Tomorrow’s portfolio, the company provided funds or reimbursed costs for producing fashion shows, developing collections, and paying suppliers.
—
Joe Bobowicz,
Vogue,
17 June 2026
Some of the artifacts later appeared at major auction houses or joined the collections of museums including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collections
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The company partners with local schools, libraries and community organizations to host single and multi-day classes, summer camps and birthday parties.
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Following El Capitan, which ranks second on the Top500 list, are two other American machines in national libraries in Tennessee and Illinois, as well as one in Germany.
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As the Eaton and Palisades fires roared across the Altadena area and the coastal Santa Monica Mountains in January 2025, the flames were fueled in part by accumulations of bone-dry chaparral, brush and other vegetation.
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The snowpacks that feed the river hit their lowest level on record this year, with snow accumulations in Colorado’s high country peaking a month early in March and containing just half the average moisture.
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Lee said the southwest will host major chip production clusters, drawing on abundant, underused power.
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Chloe Bailey Clad in an hourglass Valdrin Sahiti gown, Chloe Bailey continued her blond bob era, pairing the pithy style with stringent liner and lash clusters along her waterline.
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Throughout his career, the multidisciplinary artist experimented with various mediums, ranging from painting and photography to assemblages, even employing digital technologies like the iPad.
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Surrounding sculptures, assemblages and brightly colored forms make the space feel part sanctuary, part dreamscape.
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The study concludes that the self-forming membrane represents a new approach to molecular separation, in which interactions between the membrane and complex liquid mixtures create nanoscale separation channels.
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Chemical structures Butter and margarine are emulsions, which are mixtures of tiny water droplets spread throughouta continuous fat matrix.
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Once everything is clean, discard the next few batches of ice before resuming use.
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The recall affects specific batches of MorningStar Farms Buffalo Chik'n Nuggets and MorningStar Farms Hot & Spicy Sausage Patties.
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Where assortments were once strongly driven by trends, today the starting point is the customer.
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The assortments give shoppers a chance to try several scent profiles without committing to one full-size luxury bottle.
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What was left of other buildings were buried under piles of their own debris.
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Idling trucks, sandbag piles and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.
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“Collections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collections. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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