extraordinary collection

collocation in English

meaningsofextraordinaryandcollection

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extraordinary
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us
/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/
very unusual, special, unexpected, ...
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collection
noun
uk
/kəˈlek.ʃən/us
/kəˈlek.ʃən/
a group of objects of one type that have been collected by one person or in ...
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(Definition ofextraordinaryandcollectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In addition, they all have accumulated moderate resistances to anextraordinarycollectionof physical and chemical antimicrobial agents.
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It is anextraordinarycollectionwhich even the most enlightened museum director could not have formed.
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He will see a mostextraordinarycollectionof traffic—if anything, heavier than in the daytime—with cars and lorries mixed up.
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We find the mostextraordinarycollectionof commitments, personal and otherwise, to put it tactfully, and all sorts of problems have to be resolved.
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That is anextraordinarycollectionof words from a senior director of an international conglomerate.
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This is a mostextraordinarycollectionof places.
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Quite striking were hisextraordinarycollectionof phobias and fears, along with general hypochondria.
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Theextraordinarycollectionof grave goods, the position of the bodies, and other factors all indicate it was a burial of high importance.
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The unit was said to house anextraordinarycollectionof eccentrics engaged in research on language and computing, including information retrieval.
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The vast majority of the buildings were built between 1900 and 1910, and includes anextraordinarycollection of double houses built for the industrial working class of the city.
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