collective
Example Sentences
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The collective melodrama plays out against a background of deteriorating social conditions and political unrest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 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
Analysts see collective first-quarter profit for the S&P 500 rising 13.9% from last year to $605.1 billion, with second-quarter growth of around 20%.
From Barron's • 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
Throughout the Farewell Address Washington had been exhorting Americans to think of themselves as a collective unit with a common destiny.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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