collector's item

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Recent Examples of collector's item As of Thursday afternoon, the collector's item was listed as sold out on the Mattel website. Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025 This collector's item covers the news, fans and impact of the record-shattering tour. Bryan West, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024 The British marque has also squeezed out a bit more performance from the beloved 1,200 cc Bonneville powertrain, shed some weight, and added a bit of new riding tech – making this more than just a pretty collector's item. New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024 The collector's item chronicles Swift's wildly successful concert tour, which concludes in December and which last year became the first music tour to gross over $1 billion. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for collector's item
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Noun
  • Designers are treating them as conversation pieces to bring more texture, proportion, and detail into a room—we’re seeing bold silhouettes, statement-making legs, faceted fronts that play with light and shadow, and materials ranging from earthy mango wood to coastal cane.
    Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
  • By 2009, Succotash had moved to its cozy corner spot on Holmes Street, where Barden set about collecting colorful conversation pieces from friends and wholesalers.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • All books, media, and collectibles on the deck, inside the Book Nook, and in the Community Room will be half off the marked price.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • But inside one of the neighborhood's historic homes, more than 400 artworks and collectibles were up for grabs — all once owned by an artist who designed one of the city's most enduring logos.
    Kylie Volavongsa, jsonline.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Home to local boutiques, specialty shops, and artisan galleries, this is the perfect place to find a souvenir to take home—and much more.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The poem was a souvenir of the fleeting moment of its composition, its irregular right margin suggesting words jotted on scrap paper.
    Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Collector's item.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collector%27s%20item. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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