The phrase "ad hoc collection" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a collection that is created for a specific purpose or task, often on a temporary basis.
Example: "The research team established an ad hoc collection of data to address the immediate needs of the project."
Alternatives: "temporary collection" or "specific purpose collection".
What we said: "It's an understandably ad hoc collection that conjures up snatches of wonder from scraps of genius", – Michael Cragg, the Observer.
What had been an ad hoc collection has grown to comprise nearly 5,000 objects, ranging from ancient Chinese pottery to contemporary American paintings.
In actuality, KPI scorecards are an ad hoc collection of measures, a checklist, or perhaps elements in a compensation plan, but they don't describe a coherent strategy.
The man, Bradley Crowder, said it was an ad hoc collection of young anarchists who had pooled resources to hire a van for the trip north.
Unusual in its breadth alone, the ad hoc collection of critics ranges from farmers and ranchers to gas station and convenience store owners to consumer groups and antitrust advocates.
Unlike conventional networks, where central servers dish out files to peripheral client computers, a P2P network is an ad hoc collection of individual computers all acting as servers and clients simultaneously, sharing bits of a large file between themselves until each has a complete copy and leaves the party.All very friendly and helpful, save for one thing.
For weeks, individuals have been packing ad hoc collections of clothes, tents, blankets and foodstuffs into the back of cars or rented vans and heading to Calais, touched by the plight of the refugees they have seen.
"As a result, films were financed by ad hoc collections of investors, many of whom were from the construction and trade industries, who charged interest rates as high as 60 to 100 percent," said Jehil Thakkar, head of media and entertainment for KPMG.
Prospective students may take campus tours and listen to student panels, but perhaps the self-made, ad hoc collections of flyers best advertise the life of the University.
On the one end, we have pathologists who have their own special ad hoc collections that could be very valuable for research purposes if combined with larger datasets.
One of them, a senior scientist, explained the challenges to me in detail, employing more vivid empirical examples of what the integration challenges meant on the ground: On the one end, we have pathologists who have their own special ad hoc collections that could be very valuable for research purposes if combined with larger datasets.
