collective
Example Sentences
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He said the ceasefire could calm their collective nerves if it holds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
“The software group has been under severe valuation pressure recently due to fears that generative AI technology makes their collective business models easy to replicate and undermine,” said Richard Baldry, senior research analyst at Roth.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
The Athletic reports that the opening day roster lost a collective 20 feet of height with a cluster winding up at 5 feet 10 or 11 inches.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
While the initial reaction in the stock market was a collective yawn, a five-year lookback shows that long-term investors have been treated very well by the company’s board of directors.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
All major decisions were collective occasions, in which advisers, like spokes on a wheel, made contributions, usually in written form.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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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