collective
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Recent collective bargaining agreements with employee unions, which include substantial raises, will add an estimated $1.5 billion in annual costs to a district budget that stood last year at $18.8 billion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
In the collective imagination, tsunamis have long been associated with the Pacific and the Indian ocean.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Reportedly, some 590,000 customers placed $100 preorders for the device, creating a collective $59 million in deposits.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
President Lee Jae Myung also told a cabinet meeting that collective labour action should remain within "certain limits".
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
With a collective ruffle of fabric, the twenty-eight Witchlings pulled out their crystal amulets, which hung from black cords around their necks, and held them in front of their faces.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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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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