as in collaborative
used or done by a number of people as a group
the cleanup of the neighborhood park was a collective effort for which many people should be thanked
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Recent Examples of collective
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
The collective interest is routed to the IOLTA, and a board disburses money as grants to eligible legal aid groups that apply.
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Nick Sullivan
july 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026
The Editors,
Robb Report,
27 June 2026
At the same time, as a collective, hunters skew conservative, rural, and male, according to a survey from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.
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Bram Sable-Smith,
NPR,
27 June 2026
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Adjective
That led me to anonymize his footage with AI and to continue the film as a collective process, shaped by the different perspectives of the people who came to the castings.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
The collective interest is routed to the IOLTA, and a board disburses money as grants to eligible legal aid groups that apply.
—
Nick Sullivan
july 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026
Noun
For the project, Manzoni collaborated closely with LoveFrom, the collective led by former Apple chief design officer Jony Ive and industrial-design savant Marc Newson.
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The Editors,
Robb Report,
27 June 2026
At the same time, as a collective, hunters skew conservative, rural, and male, according to a survey from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.
—
Bram Sable-Smith,
NPR,
27 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for collective
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collective
Adjective
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State-level interventions, such as Florida's Live Local Act, override local barriers to accelerate affordable housing, contrasting with successful collaborative projects like Pittsburgh's modular homes.
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Leigh is known for making films in a collaborative, improvisational process with his performers and has stayed close with O’Flynn through the years.
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Prosecutors accused the group of transporting unaccompanied children between the ages of 5 and 13 from Juárez, Mexico, into the United States.
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Large friendship groups can be a really cool experience, but can also pose challenges in terms of the depths of intimacy that can be cultivated with each person.
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As this is written, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (GUR) are designing joint operations and creating UAV doctrine on the fly.
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The researchers looked at several variables, including body speed, joint kinematics, distance between players, and changes in relative speed between attackers and defenders.
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The couple donated a combined $26 million to 20 local and national charities ahead of their nuptials, Swift’s publicist told Business Insider.
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The combined $235,000 spent so far is about the yearly salary of three or four mid-level employees.
Adjective
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Around the communal tables, conversations paused as traditional Vietnamese court music drifted through the room.
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People drank rum punch at almost every gathering, often sharing from a single communal bowl.
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Madonna never set out to become a classic British lady of the manor, however, until fate intervened when she was introduced to Hugo Vickers, Cecil Beaton's suave biographer, through a mutual friend in 1998.
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The sheriff's office initiated an emergency call-in of all off-duty deputies and requested mutual aid from Rock, Kenosha and Jefferson counties and the Wisconsin State Patrol and DNR.
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There have also been attempts to create shared blockchain networks.
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While watching sports can evoke a sense of a shared purpose, playing sports can also spark some unexpected benefits.
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“Collective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collective. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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