Words similar to collect

Example sentences for: collect

How can you use “collect” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In August, 1967, at the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) offices on the University of Wisconsin campus, Frederic G. Cassidy assembled the third group of dialect fieldworkers he would send out in Word Wagons (Dodge vans converted to campers) to collect regional words from far-flung reaches of the United States.
Others simply continued to work or delayed to collect personal items, but in many cases were urged to leave by others.
There are those who collect all sorts of collectables, including, apparently, dedications.
The Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registries do not collect sufficient detail to examine some of these issues and medical records reviews are time consuming.
These are to be found scattered in the writers of our age, and it is not my business to collect them.