collective

Example Sentences

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Over the last decade-plus, the art collective has grown beyond its anything-goes, punk-meets-psychedelic roots into an organization with full-scale, maximalist installations in its hometown, Denver, Las Vegas, Houston and the Dallas suburbs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026

It was a rare, unexplained, glitch in a system that blares out warnings of incoming attacks multiple times a day through loudspeaker announcements on the street and metro, and the collective ping of phone notifications.

From Barron's • Jul. 9, 2026

Although it behaves like a single particle, this quasiparticle actually arises from the collective motion of the impurity and the particles around it.

From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026

My generation has suffered from two vicious influences that have undermined our collective elasticity and perseverance, and with that, our willingness to take risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

There were two vehicles: a dusty red car with blue doors in the front and, twenty feet behind, the white van of our collective nightmare.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline