collective
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He’s been jamming with The Internet again, his collective with childhood friends Syd and Matt Martians, who emerged from the Odd Future nexus to become a pacesetting act for young R&B and hip-hop fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Crude oil” is a collective term for any big batch of hydrocarbons pulled from the ground as a liquid.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The joy created in queer nightlife was collective.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
"He really sacrificed for the collective good. This is very important in my squad. In my opinion he played a great World Cup."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
A collective groan came from the people in the outer room.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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These might include karaoke nights, themed bingo happy hours, and raves, often thrown with well-respected collectives.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
The collectives I’m in, like the Stripper Co-op, take inspiration — working as a group toward a shared goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Athletes do not receive money directly from colleges for playing on their teams; instead, they get paid indirectly from NIL collectives, donors and sponsorship deals, which the school and team GM can broker.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
Kiffin has said that the best jobs in college football are the ones whose NIL collectives, which fund so-called “name, image and likeness” payments, had the biggest war chests to spend on players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
The number of small farms merged into collectives was a number about equal to the current population of Texas.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Vocabulary lists containing collective
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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"What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?" Vocabulary from the short story
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