collector

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Recent Examples of collector More than 30 coin dealers will have high quality coins for the beginner to advanced collectors. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025 This group of jewels totaled $7.4 million, with proceeds benefitting the late collector’s philanthropic institutions. Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 The city has become a thriving center for contemporary artists in the region—making it of particular interest to global art collectors. Essence, 18 June 2025 Demand for luxury objects exploded in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, driven by private collectors who had amassed huge wealth in the Industrial Revolution and by public museums established to celebrate and preserve the spoils of empire. Dorothy Armstrong june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for collector
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collector
Noun
  • The best Amazon coffee makers are high quality and cater to everyone from connoisseurs to brewing newbies.
    Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 20 June 2025
  • Like sommeliers who make wine accessible to novices while satisfying connoisseurs, effective tech leaders communicate complex concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
    Dennis Kozak, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Oh, and by the way, the Aztecs’ Justin Hastings was low amateur at the U.S. Open.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • In 2024, Clanton became the first amateur to finish top-10 in four PGA Tour events in one year since Jack Nicklaus in 1961, and was runner-up at the John Deere Classic and the RSM Classic.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Marte, 31, was left in tears after the fan yelled derogatory comments about his late mother, Elpidia Valdez, who died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic in 2017.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
  • Partnering with Horror, Inc. and Angry Orchard who share our passion has opened up a new way to engage fans.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • An in-house team of economic experts at Anthropic plan to award 20 to 50 global research grants of up to $50,000 each, and provide free access to Anthropic’s AI products to assist in the analysis.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
  • Although state wildlife agencies and experts have noted that black bear attacks remain extremely rare, interactions in recent years have drawn national attention.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Winning wines often gain significant attention from collectors, retailers, and wine enthusiasts alike.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Eastern Flight 212 — which originated from Charleston, S.C., in 1974, and held many passengers from that city — is known to aviation enthusiasts for a couple of reasons.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Any dinosaur lovers at home should be eating up this documentary special series on PBS this week.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 19 June 2025
  • Here are performances music lovers won’t want to miss.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • The choice between a bureaucrat and a dilettante to run an army − in his days, like in ours − seems like an obvious one.
    Michel Anteby, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Him and all the other dilettantes who don’t know the wonders of VistaVision.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Needless to say, the terrorist groupie’s apologists at Brown were apoplectic that this savage had been tossed out of the country.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
  • In Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical film, the actress plays Penny Lane, a groupie for the fictional band Stillwater.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Collector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collector. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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