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
The hardest trays to install use a sizable collection of pieces and parts and require you to drill holes into your desk.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
And, earlier this year, Real Estate put out The Wee Small Hours, a collection of rarities, B-sides, and previously unreleased songs.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2025
In Georgia, for example, the Georgia State Afterschool Network used its long-standing relationships with community organizations to efficiently distribute grant funds and provide technical support for data collection and analysis and high-quality programming.
—Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
The entire Flora collection is designed as an ode to female empowerment, femininity and freedom.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
And, earlier this year, Real Estate put out The Wee Small Hours, a collection of rarities, B-sides, and previously unreleased songs.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2025
In Georgia, for example, the Georgia State Afterschool Network used its long-standing relationships with community organizations to efficiently distribute grant funds and provide technical support for data collection and analysis and high-quality programming.
—Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
The entire Flora collection is designed as an ode to female empowerment, femininity and freedom.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collection
Noun
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The game library is an assortment of old titles (like Fruit Ninja), and new games that feature familiar faces (from Sesame Street, Barbie, TMNT, and more), to new takes on classic games (Candy Land).—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Mindful Movement with Breath yoga class: 2:45-4:15 p.m., Ramona Community Library, 1275 Main St. Hank Newman is returning to the library to teach yoga.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
Noun
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But without a catalyst such as activist interest, M&A potential, or insider accumulation, the market has little reason to reprice the risk.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The Lions will need to find a way to cope with the absence of goalkeeper Pedro Gallese and captain Robin Jansson after both received yellow cards against Charlotte and are suspended due to yellow-card accumulation.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
Noun
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For your next sheet pan dinner, batch of cookies, or party appetizers, grab this set of non-stick baking pans while it’s marked down.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
7 July 2025
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In another batch of letters shared later in the afternoon, Trump said tariffs would be set at 25% for Tunisia, 30% for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 32% for Indonesia, 35% for Bangladesh and Serbia, and 36% for Cambodia and Thailand.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Many of those residents were artists and musicians, including the famed assemblage artist and former director of the Watts Towers Arts Center, John Outterbridge, whose home and studio burned in the fire.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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The most comprehensive solo museum exhibition to date for the artist, approximately 50 works from 1959 to 1999–paintings, sculptures, etchings, drawings, assemblages, and musical compositions–are brought together.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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This powdered drink mixture comes in cherry and berry, and both flavors are super tasty, similar to something like a less flavorful Gatorade, or maybe more like a Vitaminwater.—
WIRED,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
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While the Bisquick mixture is naturally slightly sweet, ample light brown sugar adds some true depth of sweetness with caramel and molasses notes.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
10 July 2025
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The team’s genetic analysis focused on the Hox cluster: a family of genes found widely across the animal kingdom that fundamentally control an organism’s physical development.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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In 2019, the CDC identified 22 outbreaks with the largest in two separate clusters in New York — 412 in New York state and 702 in New York City.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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Time is running out, so here’s a fresh assortment of markdowns to choose from.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
11 July 2025
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To attract a wider assortment of bird species, plant both evergreen and deciduous trees.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 July 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 19 Jul. 2025.
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