How to Use collector in a Sentence

collector

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  • He is an avid stamp collector.
  • The painting was purchased by a private collector.
  • The trash collectors came early today.
  • Choe is an Orange County native, a proud Bruin and an avid collector of photo books.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022
  • The husband has a yen for Shaker-style furniture, while the wife, who is a collector of outsider art, leans more outré aesthetically.
    — Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 13 July 2022
  • The lack of physical discs in these collector's editions is more than a little weird, considering how many other tangible products are packed into these bundles.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022
  • The late singer is one of the most recent musicians to join the music collector series, which celebrates singers and songwriters who have made a long-lasting impact on the music industry.
    — Essence, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The idea is to get collectors out to card shops and reward them with a free pack.
    — Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Like nearly all collector cars, the M3 has risen in price in the past few years.
    — James Tate, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Hope plays a clueless tourist and rock collector who takes a taxi to a dive bar.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • In fact, there's even a world Olympic pin collectors club called Olympin.
    — Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
  • Over the next 150 years or so, collectors like Pugh stripped the region of its ancient past.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
  • For the keepsake collector Good things are sure to come out of this tiny package.
    — Sarah Grossbart, wsj.com, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Of course, being a collector is about more than just the money.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • They could be displayed in a living room the way an art collector might stage a Koons.
    — Amy Verner, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Dallas is the fastest-growing metro area in the country, with a strong collector base.
    — Abigail Ronner, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2023
  • But the majority of collectors were there for the ball pythons.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The germ of the film was from a New York Times article about waste collectors that Ghosh read years ago that stayed with him.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • He was hired as a garbage collector for the City of Cleveland in 2021, according to city records.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Below are some of the most prominent watch collectors in the world.
    — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 18 June 2024
  • Some of these have sold for four and five-digit sums to eager collectors.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Rubin bought the headdress from a collector, with a briefcase full of cash.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Her day job was as a bill collector, and for a long time, Megan would watch her mother juggling both.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The bourbon collector has a store in both Louisville and Lexington.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2023
  • This 41 mm pink-gold piece is major even for the most jaded collector.
    — Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Their credit won’t be harmed, they will not be referred to debt collectors, and the threat of default will be off the table.
    — Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner, 4 July 2023
  • Calls, which can be used as a decoy while hunting or as a unique collector’s item.
    — Madison Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The idea was to appeal to fans of the movie, Barbie collectors and fans of the individual artists.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 20 July 2023
  • In one tragic case, a collector was struck by lightning and fell to his death on steep terrain.
    — Daile Zhang, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Meet other stamp collectors to talk, trade, buy or sell, United States and foreign.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025

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