collector

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Recent Examples of collector View 9 Images View gallery - 9 images A folding saw that looks and feels as premium and exclusive as a collector's edition folding knife? New Atlas, 24 May 2025 Jim Irsay, the longtime owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts and a prolific rock-and-roll collector, has died at age 65. Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 May 2025 Pier Paolo Righi, chief executive officer at Karl Lagerfeld, considers the sketch a true collector’s piece from the brand’s archive, and a great example of the late German designer’s sense of humor. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 22 May 2025 But private collectors snapped up some of these rarities, isolating the fossils from scientific study and hobbling investigations into this pivotal moment in avian evolution. Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for collector
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Noun
  • Everybody—from beaded bag connoisseurs to wellness influencers—are talking about sardines.
    Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 27 May 2025
  • In Paris, the animation becomes truly splendid under this connoisseur extraordinaire of a director.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Of the five listed here, three (Harang, Castillo, Arroyo) came via trades, one was drafted (Bailey), and one was signed as an amateur (Cueto).
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • With the win, Iwai became the third rookie to win this season, joining compatriot Rio Takeda, who won the Blue Bay LPGA in March, and former World No. 1 amateur Ingrid Lindblad, who won the JM Eagle LA Championship in April.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • There was a significant interaction between gender and audience type, suggesting that, say, female romance fans might respond differently than male friendship fans.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • The world of Dropout feels a little like being a Harry Potter fan before J. K. Rowling got Twitter.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The Biden administration was caught off guard by the brief challenge to South Korea’s democracy, experts say, after the White House invested significant time to forge a landmark security partnership between Washington, Seoul and Tokyo.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
  • As an example, this leads to a greater understanding of signals and the integration of the communications expert into decision-making.
    Bill Edwards, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Quilting enthusiasts gather The nonprofit El Camino Quilters Guild meets at 9:30 a.m. June 10 at El Corazon Senior Center, 3302 Senior Center Drive.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
  • Night sky enthusiasts hoping to explore the planets of our solar system for themselves should check out our guides to the best binocular and telescope deals.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The online marketplace is full of fellow antique lovers selling finds that date all the way back to the 1940s.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
  • Hard and Semi-Soft Cheeses Good news for cheese lovers everywhere!
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 7 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 10 Jun. 2025.

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