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Recent Examples of collector
As treasurer-tax collector, Freidenrich, who was elected in 2010, is the county’s banker, responsible for billing, collecting and safeguarding taxpayer dollars.
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Claire Wang, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
That recalibration comes at a moment when fairs worldwide are grappling with rising costs, uneven sales, and collector hesitation.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Painted in 1921, that work was purchased for the raffle from billionaire art collector David Nahmad, who argued in an interview with The Associated Press that Picasso would have approved of his work being raffled.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The Season 2 ignition stems from long-festering issues and an uber quarrel that goes from insults to wine glasses thrown against the wall to Lindsay taking a golf club to beloved items in collector Josh's man-cave office.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Claire Wang, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
That recalibration comes at a moment when fairs worldwide are grappling with rising costs, uneven sales, and collector hesitation.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Painted in 1921, that work was purchased for the raffle from billionaire art collector David Nahmad, who argued in an interview with The Associated Press that Picasso would have approved of his work being raffled.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The Season 2 ignition stems from long-festering issues and an uber quarrel that goes from insults to wine glasses thrown against the wall to Lindsay taking a golf club to beloved items in collector Josh's man-cave office.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collector
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Belden House respectfully maintains countless of the house’s architectural details, such as fireplaces, chandeliers, sconces, and woodwork, while elevating it with great refinement—think custom wallcoverings, playful fabrics of stripes, and warm velvets—for modern connoisseurs.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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The cofounder of Canyon Equity, a firm that specializes in developing high-end resorts in rare locations, Henkel has become a connoisseur of remarkably quiet landscapes.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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The actress' turn to OnlyFans recontextualizes Elizabeth's partially nude role in the 1999 raunchy teen comedy, as Nadia is recorded via webcam by hapless admirer Jim (Jason Biggs), without her knowledge, in an encounter that spirals into live spectacle.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Plaza, 41, is a longtime admirer of the Hairspray writer-director.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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The three-day event draws more than 100,000 fans every year for the festival, which headlines largely country music acts while raising money for marine conservation.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The fan tried to offer some context.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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Fellow amateur Asterisk Talley had an early double bogey in a 70 in the 17-year-old's first start since losing the lead on the back nine at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Given these circumstances, most of the music written for mandolin (eighty-five volumes were published in Paris between 1761 and 1783) was intended for amateurs, often women.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Some experts say the animal may have lost its way while swimming after a shoal of herring or during migration.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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But that wasn’t the case thanks to a few expert pats of Charlotte Tilbury’s popular setting powder — a product that’s been in my rotation for years.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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But just one year into the driver’s seat and Espinosa, and his team of executives who are now mostly enthusiasts, seem to be moving as quickly as humanly possible to deliver on that big statement.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
16 Apr. 2026
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Austin eyes a new position as an in-house personal trainer, and Lindsay worries about the Chairwoman’s fit assistant, Eunice (Seoyeon Jang), stealing her Korean fitness-enthusiast boyfriend.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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That’s probably why class-crossed lovers make such fertile ground for fiction—look at Heathcliff and Cathy, or poor Scudder and Maurice.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Options for 2026 include food cruises that travel through Burgundy and Provence and a 15-day wine lovers cruise on the Rhine and Seine Rivers.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Spoken like a true pseudo-bohemian trust-fund dilettante, an archetype as old as dynastic wealth.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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From Senior Editor Jessie Gaynor, who highlighted not one Tweet, but an entire body of work from one of the best to ever do it: A thorough accounting of Joyce Carol Oates’ viral tweets is a task better suited to her extremely lucky future biographer than to a dilettante like me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Collector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collector. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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