collective
Example Sentences
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To pull back from that, I think, would upend decades of settled practice and be a real step back for our collective understanding of the presidency.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026
All this is happening with uncertainty about a possible MLB lockout when the current collective bargaining agreement runs out and not knowing what changes might happen to the draft.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Analysts are looking for collective S&P 500 company profits to rise 14% over the first quarter and nearly 19% for the year, paced by megacap tech giants and the country’s biggest banks.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
When they emerge from the Moon's shadow, and that signal is re-established, the world will breathe a collective sigh of relief.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
As a society, our collective understanding of racism has been powerfully influenced by the shocking images of the Jim Crow era and the struggle for civil rights.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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