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.
  • Like nearly all collector cars, the M3 has risen in price in the past few years.
    — James Tate, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2022
  • A number of people showed up at the event dressed as trash collectors, or in literal garbage bags.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Leno, an avid car collector, had been working underneath a vehicle on when he was burned.
    — Stella Chan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2022
  • If there’s a handbag collector on your holiday shopping list, Christie’s next auction couldn’t be better timed.
    — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The interaction of so many people with their government has been the government as debt collector.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2022
  • However, something apparently has happened with shipping where a good number of these collector’s editions do not have the game in them at all.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The large painting — in which the artist, dressed in pearls at her easel, looks confidently out at the viewer — has hung for years in the home of a private Boston-area collector.
    — Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Among the items available are works of art, historical artifacts, and pop culture memorabilia that collectors won’t want to miss out on.
    — Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
  • These ceiling-height curtains with horizontal stripes add a shot of flair in the otherwise all-white living room of an art collector’s Palm Beach home.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Lawmakers and candidates should look at the people around them who help make their own lives better by showing up in lower-paying jobs: the laborers, wait staff, childcare workers, trash collectors, and more.
    — Hank Cardello, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The idea is to get collectors out to card shops and reward them with a free pack.
    — Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • 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

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