diff --git a/src/blackmisc/collection.h b/src/blackmisc/collection.h
index c235c2e28..d842b2038 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/collection.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/collection.h
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ namespace BlackMisc
          */
         void insert(CCollection &&other) { std::move(other.begin(), other.end(), std::inserter(*this, begin())); }
 
+        /*!
+         * \brief Appends all elements from a range at the end of this collection.
+         * \pre This collection must be initialized.
+         */
+        template <typename I>
+        void insert(const CRange<I> &range) { std::copy(range.begin(), range.end(), std::back_inserter(*this)); }
+
         /*!
          * \brief Synonym for insert.
          * \return An iterator to the position where value was inserted.
@@ -228,9 +235,17 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         void push_back(CCollection &&other) { insert(std::move(other)); }
 
         /*!
-         * \brief Returns a collection which is the union of this collection and another.
+         * \brief Synonym for insert.
+         * \pre This collection must be initialized.
          */
-        CCollection makeUnion(const CCollection &other) const
+        template <typename I>
+        void push_back(const CRange<I> &range) { std::copy(range.begin(), range.end(), std::back_inserter(*this)); }
+
+        /*!
+         * \brief Returns a collection which is the union of this collection and another container.
+         */
+        template <class C>
+        CCollection makeUnion(const C &other) const
         {
             CCollection result;
             std::set_union(begin(), end(), other.begin(), other.end(), std::inserter(result, result.begin()));
@@ -240,7 +255,8 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         /*!
          * \brief Returns a collection which is the intersection of this collection and another.
          */
-        CCollection intersection(const CCollection &other) const
+        template <class C>
+        CCollection intersection(const C &other) const
         {
             CCollection result;
             std::set_intersection(begin(), end(), other.begin(), other.end(), std::inserter(result, result.begin()));
@@ -250,7 +266,8 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         /*!
          * \brief Returns a collection which contains all the elements from this collection which are not in the other collection.
          */
-        CCollection difference(const CCollection &other) const
+        template <class C>
+        CCollection difference(const C &other) const
         {
             CCollection result;
             std::set_difference(begin(), end(), other.begin(), other.end(), std::inserter(result, result.begin()));
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/sequence.h b/src/blackmisc/sequence.h
index 1a0609e54..2414ce5e1 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/sequence.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/sequence.h
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ namespace BlackMisc
          */
         void push_back(CSequence &&other) { std::move(other.begin(), other.end(), std::back_inserter(*this)); }
 
+        /*!
+         * \brief Appends all elements from a range at the end of this sequence.
+         * \pre This sequence must be initialized.
+         */
+        template <typename I>
+        void push_back(const CRange<I> &range) { std::copy(range.begin(), range.end(), std::back_inserter(*this)); }
+
         /*!
          * \brief Synonym for push_back.
          * \pre The sequence must be initialized.
@@ -263,12 +270,26 @@ namespace BlackMisc
          */
         void insert(CSequence &&other) { push_back(std::move(other)); }
 
+        /*!
+         * \brief Synonym for push_back.
+         * \pre This sequence must be initialized.
+         */
+        template <typename I>
+        void insert(const CRange<I> &range) { std::copy(range.begin(), range.end(), std::back_inserter(*this)); }
+
         /*!
          * \brief Concatenates two sequences and returns the result.
          * \pre This sequence must be initialized.
          */
         CSequence join(const CSequence &other) const { CSequence copy(*this); copy.push_back(other); return copy; }
 
+        /*!
+         * \brief Concatenates a sequence and a range and returns the result.
+         * \pre This sequence must be initialized.
+         */
+        template <typename I>
+        CSequence join(const CRange<I> &range) const { CSequence copy(*this); copy.push_back(range); return copy; }
+
         /*!
          * \brief Removes an element at the end of the sequence.
          * \pre The sequence must contain at least one element.