diff --git a/boiling_learning/preprocessing/experiment_video.py b/boiling_learning/preprocessing/experiment_video.py
index 6236cf63..d2309ddb 100644
--- a/boiling_learning/preprocessing/experiment_video.py
+++ b/boiling_learning/preprocessing/experiment_video.py
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 from boiling_learning.datasets.sliceable import SliceableDataset
 from boiling_learning.io import json
 from boiling_learning.preprocessing.video import Video, VideoFrame, convert_video
+from boiling_learning.utils.collections import merge_dicts
 from boiling_learning.utils.dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from boiling_learning.utils.descriptions import describe
-from boiling_learning.utils.utils import PathLike, merge_dicts, resolve
+from boiling_learning.utils.utils import PathLike, resolve
 
 
 class ExperimentVideo:
diff --git a/boiling_learning/utils/collections.py b/boiling_learning/utils/collections.py
index 4a1fb333..c71f9aa7 100644
--- a/boiling_learning/utils/collections.py
+++ b/boiling_learning/utils/collections.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections import ChainMap
 from contextlib import suppress
 from itertools import chain
 from typing import (
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
     Iterable,
     Iterator,
     KeysView,
+    Mapping,
     MutableSet,
     TypeVar,
     Union,
@@ -23,6 +25,16 @@
 _Value = TypeVar('_Value')
 
 
+def merge_dicts(
+    *mappings: Mapping[_Key, _Value],
+    latter_precedence: bool = True,
+) -> Dict[_Key, _Value]:
+    if latter_precedence:
+        return merge_dicts(*reversed(mappings), latter_precedence=False)
+
+    return dict(ChainMap(*mappings))
+
+
 class KeyedDefaultDict(DefaultDict[_Key, _Value]):
     '''
     Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2912455/5811400
diff --git a/boiling_learning/utils/utils.py b/boiling_learning/utils/utils.py
index f3f99e88..2e99e1ea 100644
--- a/boiling_learning/utils/utils.py
+++ b/boiling_learning/utils/utils.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 import os
 import random
 import string
-from collections import ChainMap
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-from typing import Iterable, Iterator, Mapping, Optional, Sequence, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import Any, Iterable, Iterator, Optional, Sequence, TypeVar, Union
 
 import funcy
 
@@ -24,25 +23,18 @@ def reorder(seq: Sequence[_T], indices: Iterable[int]) -> Iterable[_T]:
     return map(seq.__getitem__, indices)
 
 
-def argmin(iterable: Iterable) -> int:
+def argmin(iterable: Iterable[Any]) -> int:
     return min(enumerate(iterable), key=operator.itemgetter(1))[0]
 
 
-def argmax(iterable: Iterable) -> int:
+def argmax(iterable: Iterable[Any]) -> int:
     return max(enumerate(iterable), key=operator.itemgetter(1))[0]
 
 
-def argsorted(iterable: Iterable) -> Iterable[int]:
+def argsorted(iterable: Iterable[Any]) -> Iterable[int]:
     return funcy.pluck(0, sorted(enumerate(iterable), key=operator.itemgetter(1)))
 
 
-def merge_dicts(*dict_args: Mapping, latter_precedence: bool = True) -> dict:
-    if latter_precedence:
-        dict_args = reversed(dict_args)
-
-    return dict(ChainMap(*dict_args))
-
-
 def one_factor_at_a_time(
     iterables: Iterable[Iterable],
     default_indices: Iterable[int] = tuple(),