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Recent Examples of collector
Applegate followed a lead that one of Virginia’s notebooks from her work on A House was in the hands of a private collector in Lincoln.
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Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Art collector and philanthropist John Axelrod was struck and killed by a car on Saturday.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
The two brands decided to roll out only 75 pairs of each, so as to preserve the kind of collector-level exclusivity that comes with shopping the world’s finest cowboy boots in person.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
The lucky ones would find a job in one of the markets, or learn a trade in the Warehouse District, or, with the right family connections, go to work for the city as a street sweeper or trash collector.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Art collector and philanthropist John Axelrod was struck and killed by a car on Saturday.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
The two brands decided to roll out only 75 pairs of each, so as to preserve the kind of collector-level exclusivity that comes with shopping the world’s finest cowboy boots in person.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
The lucky ones would find a job in one of the markets, or learn a trade in the Warehouse District, or, with the right family connections, go to work for the city as a street sweeper or trash collector.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collector
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Chai masala connoisseurs assemble!—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Calling all chocolate connoisseurs!—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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And Knueppel, the fourth overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, already has an admirer in Carlisle.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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The curator adds that Anderson became an admirer of the late American artist’s oeuvre after visiting an exhibition of his famed shadow boxes at the Menil Collection, in Anderson’s native Houston, in the late 1990s.—
Stephanie Sporn,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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That, combined with a decisive second-half performance, represented the good in Sunday’s matchup, the part that may give fans hope about a return trip to the NCAA Tournament.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
10 Nov. 2025
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When Posa slammed Washington quarterback Demond Williams to the ground for a game-clincher on fourth-and-6, some 70,000 fans erupted as if thawed from a long freeze.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Musk, who owns X, wants to promote the belief that the truth can be found on social media, and that the practitioners of real journalism are allegedly independent amateurs, such as Shirley, who can ask questions without being cowed by the woke agenda.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2026
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Some of the amateur sleuthing is missing important context, said Nancy Gutierrez, a spokesperson for Washington’s Department of Children, Youth & Families.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
4 Jan. 2026
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Another factor may be Japan’s demographic shift, experts say.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Philip Mann, an aviation expert and former Federal Aviation Administration training manager, said smaller airports not on the list could also see delays and cancelations.—
Laura Layden,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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With more than $2 million raised through crowdfunding, Zero Zero Robotics says AQUA has drawn strong interest from watersport enthusiasts looking for a more durable and flexible aerial filming tool.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Try to plan your visit during the Dark Sky Festival, held annually in the late winter or early spring, to meet up with fellow stargazing enthusiasts and hear astronomy talks by park rangers.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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For the third year, restaurants in Hayward are enticing food lovers with the opportunity to save money while discovering new places and revisiting old favorites.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Leigh Lucas’ book of poetry reckons with the death of a lover.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 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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With her rich husband and expensive clothes, Pelosi was assumed by many of her new colleagues to be a dilettante or even a bimbo.—
Molly Ball,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Collector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collector. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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