collective
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War is first and foremost a collective endeavor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The complaint alleges that House of Victory, the university’s affiliated NIL collective, had yet to pay Baker-Mazara for the month of February, as is outlined in his NIL deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
He said that he accepted that consultants must bear "collective" responsibility for some of the failings identified in the report.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In response to the rising collective freakout, Sen. Bernie Sanders called for an all-hands-on-deck A.I. meeting in Congress.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Sometimes there’s a collective intake of breath or patter of nervous shrieks.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Its officers, who wear civilian clothes, have a network of undercover agents and informants dedicated to monitoring and infiltrating dissident movements and independent groups such as art collectives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
These might include karaoke nights, themed bingo happy hours, and raves, often thrown with well-respected collectives.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
The collectives I’m in, like the Stripper Co-op, take inspiration — working as a group toward a shared goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Carter also touted the Big Ten’s ability to organize name, image and likeness deals for athletes using NIL collectives.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
The number of small farms merged into collectives was a number about equal to the current population of Texas.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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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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