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Recent Examples of collector
My neighbor uses his garage to store a collector’s car along with bicycles and boxed items.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
My neighbor uses his garage to store a collector’s vehicle along with bicycles and other boxed items.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
His role as Robbie Prendergrast, a Philadelphia area garbage collector turned trap house robber who is hunted by the FBI, has already earned him a Critics Choice Award nomination, following Critics Choice and Emmy noms for his work in Netflix’s Ozark.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Maydan Market is what Previte calls the whole of her incredible 10,000-square-foot project inside a former factory for the very niche specialty of coin-collector pages.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
My neighbor uses his garage to store a collector’s vehicle along with bicycles and other boxed items.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
His role as Robbie Prendergrast, a Philadelphia area garbage collector turned trap house robber who is hunted by the FBI, has already earned him a Critics Choice Award nomination, following Critics Choice and Emmy noms for his work in Netflix’s Ozark.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Maydan Market is what Previte calls the whole of her incredible 10,000-square-foot project inside a former factory for the very niche specialty of coin-collector pages.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collector
Noun
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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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Urie plays Monty Blakemont III, a dashing art connoisseur and philanthropist, whose enthusiasms are genuine though his financial resources are suspect.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Still, Altman remained an admirer and decided to film the production with the original cast.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
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Murphy is an admirer of Witt, too.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Angels fans certainly remember Adell knocking a ball over the fence in Texas during his rookie season, for a rare four-base error.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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This time, though, not even the fans were misled.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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But most were devotedly watching the field of amateurs compete.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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College-age amateurs competing alongside former champions old enough to be their grandfathers is a longstanding Masters tradition.—
Jack Leo,
AJC.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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Patrick De Haan, a petroleum expert at GasBuddy, said prices at the pump could start dropping as soon as this weekend, although the decline could initially amount to only a few cents per gallon.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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To some extent, nearly every gas station is polluting the ground beneath it, experts say.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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To make our lineup, The Times surveyed more than 200 authors, publishers, journalists and general book club enthusiasts to select the best book club reads in 10 categories, including romance, mystery, memoir and literary fiction.—
Brittany Levine Beckman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Domestic print and digital entertainment like this tends to thrust enthusiasts into a niche, like drifting or stance culture.—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Granville Suite, once military reception rooms, is named after Christine Granville, rumored lover of Ian Fleming and apparently Churchill’s favorite spy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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While the storm is looming, there are new glimmers of possibility—friends can become lovers, strangers can become friends on the subway, the supermarket aisles are charged with meaning.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 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 12 Apr. 2026.
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