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as in contains
to gain emotional or mental control of
applicants should collect their thoughts while waiting to be interviewed
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as in accumulates
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
dust has been collecting under my bed for years
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as in compiles
to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list
collected the author's early short stories, which were originally published in several obscure sci-fi magazines
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as in assembles
to bring together in one body or place
she collects antique silverware
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as in gathers
to come together into one body or place
a crowd collected at the beach as the sun slowly set over the horizon
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Recent Examples of collects
Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
The Pipeline Project also collects product feedback from these junior athletes, which helps Atomic refine and improve its youth ski designs.
—Kimberly Beekman, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Spotify collects user listening data from January 1 until a few weeks before the feature's launch.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
With almost all votes counted, D66 can no longer be overtaken by the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) led by Geert Wilders, according to the news agency, which collects the results from all municipalities in the Netherlands.
—CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
This malware secretly collects usernames, passwords and website logins from infected devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The two-story Komoka home is a real-world laboratory where the team collects and analyzes data.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Staying in theme to the bitter end, Irwin collects himself from the hardwood and is dragged to hell (or backstage) by dark forces, returning to face the judges with his face splattered in fake blood.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
The group collects books and takes them to classrooms like this one for students to take home.
—Chris Schulz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
In the past year, Common Crawl’s CCBot has become the scraper most widely blocked by the top 1,000 websites, surpassing even OpenAI’s GPTBot, which collects content for ChatGPT.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
The Pipeline Project also collects product feedback from these junior athletes, which helps Atomic refine and improve its youth ski designs.
—Kimberly Beekman, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
Spotify collects user listening data from January 1 until a few weeks before the feature's launch.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
With almost all votes counted, D66 can no longer be overtaken by the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) led by Geert Wilders, according to the news agency, which collects the results from all municipalities in the Netherlands.
—CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
This malware secretly collects usernames, passwords and website logins from infected devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The two-story Komoka home is a real-world laboratory where the team collects and analyzes data.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Staying in theme to the bitter end, Irwin collects himself from the hardwood and is dragged to hell (or backstage) by dark forces, returning to face the judges with his face splattered in fake blood.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
The group collects books and takes them to classrooms like this one for students to take home.
—Chris Schulz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collects
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Project Cloud Nita Platform Sneakers The Nita has a platform that lifts you about two inches and contains a cushiony memory foam insole for your heels to sink into.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Angela has the nation’s largest indigenous seed bank, which contains hundreds, if not over a thousand, different seeds that have been donated by people.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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Each piece, passed from one set of hands to another, accumulates both story and value.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Avoid spots where water accumulates.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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The WARNTracker also compiles historical data and keeps up to date on recent notices.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The cookbook compiles personal recipes from different members of the Texan family, including Terry's wife of 11 years, Tammy, his daughters Rachel and Lacey Lester and Lacey's husband Noah Lester.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The country now assembles reactors in just five to six years, twice as fast as Western nations.—
Brad Plumer,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those inevitable challenges could influence how Vitello assembles his coaching staff in the coming days and weeks.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Yennefer stands among the ashes of Montecalvo, gathers what remains of a broken order, then walks into a storm to face the man who destroyed it.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The International Competition gathers total prize money of $300,000, to be split between Best Narrative (with a cash prize of US$75,000), Best Documentary (US$50,000), Best Artistic Achievement (US$45,000) and Best Performance (US$15,000) categories.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Zed has led invocations for the Idaho Senate and Boise City Council.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Oct. 2025
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Many of those invocations dealt with white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan attacking Black Americans or attempting political violence following the end of slavery in the South and the Civil War.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Both tracks are penned by Stephen Schwartz, who also composes alongside John Powell.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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Who composes a symphony with a hammer?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
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Anne’s trip to the countryside opens up the series both physically and thematically by acknowledging that Irish life and history exist outside Dublin and that while the Guinness family amasses power and plays at politics, others are living a much different existence.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Collects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collects. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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