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Discover LudwigThe phrase "collecting box" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when referring to an item used to collect donations or other items, such as a box with a slot for coins. For example, "The church asked parishioners to leave a donation in the collecting box at the back of the church."
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Outside amounts to collecting box turtles, playing hockey and throwing a stuffed teddy bear at a live hornets nest.
Outside amounts to collecting box turtles, playing hockey and -- despite being straight-A students -- throwing a stuffed teddy bear at a live hornets nest.
Students were instructed to seal the filled questionnaire and leave it in collecting box that was prepared.
The computer then engages the appropriate nozzle to blow the flake into a separate collecting box.
Dissent falls silent in the presence of such magnanimity, and we drop our coins into the great collecting box of conscience, satisfied we have done our duty.
Look for little, 1-2 cm, black fuzzy fellas and nudge them, without getting stung by nettles if possible, into a collecting box.
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Mr. Rodocker said Ms. Bales told him she was collecting boxes to prepare for a move.
We were standing in a field somewhere near Lake Ontario, and a few yards away his oldest son, Davey, was collecting boxes of honey.
So when he started collecting boxing memorabilia he had to have the lot, and when he went on to guitars he bought any number of Gibsons and Fenders.
Volunteers are collecting boxes of sanitary products and underwear to give to secondary school pupils in Jersey.
Despite free-riding, people do make voluntary subscriptions to support ecosystem services: by contributions in collecting boxes on site, on the streets, or at their doors.
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