1
as in library
an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure
his stamp collection has become quite valuable
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2
as in accumulation
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
a collection of lint underneath the dryer
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3
as in batch
a number of things considered as a unit
the historic village boasts an interesting collection of gift shops and antique stores
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Recent Examples of collection
Aduba’s bird-watching, stare down-loving investigative savant could have come across as a schtick-y collection of eccentricities.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
The man formulated a second plan, to move his outdoor collection of motorcycles, equipment, cars and tools from one side of his yard to another, in an apparent attempt to appease city inspectors.
—Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Those interested in the upcoming Collegiate Collection won’t have to worry about sellouts as Stormy Kromer intends to add those hats to its permanent collection.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Much like tennis bracelets and pendant necklaces, hoop earrings are a timeless essential in every modern jewelry collection — effortlessly versatile and always in style.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
The man formulated a second plan, to move his outdoor collection of motorcycles, equipment, cars and tools from one side of his yard to another, in an apparent attempt to appease city inspectors.
—Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Those interested in the upcoming Collegiate Collection won’t have to worry about sellouts as Stormy Kromer intends to add those hats to its permanent collection.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Much like tennis bracelets and pendant necklaces, hoop earrings are a timeless essential in every modern jewelry collection — effortlessly versatile and always in style.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collection
Noun
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Jayne is one of the human antagonists of the book, who forces Arthur Oakes to steal rare and priceless books from the college library in exchange for his mom’s safety.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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The community space is in the front, just off the main entrance of the library, and was designed to host events, even after the library’s official hours.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Making the final tournament a winner-take-all for the Tour Championship is inconsistent with the season’s focus on FedEx point accumulation and standings.—
Sheldon H. Jacobson,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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The accumulation of technical choices that follows—encoded in algorithms, embedded in protocols, and scaled across millions of patients—will cement the particular biases of this moment in time into medicine’s future.—
Craig Spencer,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Platforms that force clients to wait on batch files or guess their margin are eroding confidence.—
Bill Capuzzi,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Swift’s tease of a new album, The Life Of A Showgirl, is enough to send a batch of her albums back up Australia’s chart.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
22 Aug. 2025
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For its first half, Frankenstein the movie (premiering at the Venice Film Festival ahead of an October theatrical run and its November Netflix release) is an infernal construction not unlike the monster at its center, a lavish assemblage of elements that have electricity but no soul.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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But there is always a moment where everyone in the room knows that this is the perfect assemblage.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Stir cabbage into vinegar mixture until evenly coated.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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The researchers suggest focusing instead on using several different surfactants in the mixture.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
26 Aug. 2025
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Researchers attributed them to a threat actor cluster tracked as UNC6040/UNC6240.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Local innovation clusters have already proven the merits of co-location as a tool to accelerate progress, with campuses such as Manchester’s Citylabs showing how this model is already working in practice.—
Kath Mackay,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The licensing deal, which will end in August 2026, allowed Target to sell a smaller and rotating assortment of makeup, skincare, hair care products and more that are carried by the full Ulta stores.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
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Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka made a deliberate choice for a glitzy jacket that featured an assortment of red crystals.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
27 Aug. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Collection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collection. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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