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Does measurement of quantum system always collapses the state of system?

Does measurement in quantum mechanics always disturb the system? The measurement postulate states that "when we do a measurement on a quantum system, the state of the system is collapsed to one of the eigenstates of the system and successive measurements of the same observable yields the same result". Is this always true? Or is there any type of measurement which doesn't affect the state of the system but yield the desired result?