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
Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The collective will also serve as an educational tool and platform to expand its university engagements.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2025
Steve Madeley, New York Times, 11 July 2025
What emerged was a collective sense of vulnerability, shared by those just starting out and those at the top.
—Bryanna Symone, Essence, 10 July 2025
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Adjective
At the advent of NIL, when third-party collectives were first coming to the forefront, multiple officials within the department told me that Folt had no interest in wading into the gray area of boosters directly paying football players.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The collective will also serve as an educational tool and platform to expand its university engagements.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2025
Noun
These transfers got The Athletic’s collective brain thinking about whether moving to a bitter rival of your current club is really a good idea.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 11 July 2025
What emerged was a collective sense of vulnerability, shared by those just starting out and those at the top.
—Bryanna Symone, Essence, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collective
Noun
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All numbers via hockeydb Savoie delivered the strongest WHL season in the group, an exceptional campaign at age 19.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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Officially announced on Wednesday (July 9), Santos Bravos is both the name of the new project and the final group that will emerge from it.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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The couple, who went public with their romance in 2022, shared the engagement news via a joint Instagram post on Sunday, July 13.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Get creative by considering exchanging a portion of your fees for equity, forming a joint venture, offering monthly retainers with upfront deposits, or redesigning your offer to include more value at a higher price point.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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In an attempt to reverse the trend, an organization called Come Together—A Community for Wine has begun campaigns to focus on favorable messaging, framing vino as a communal beverage with historical and cultural associations.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
4 July 2025
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Gone are the dark wood communal tables, replaced by higher-end seating arrangements, including upholstered banquettes worthy of a fine-dining establishment.—
Keith Pandolfi,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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Only mutual matches will get the chance to sneak away.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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Some observers argue that each side is responding to the other’s rhetoric, and the escalation represents a game of mutual deterrence.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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But the shared meals, coffee breaks, and casual conversations that once brought people together had quietly disappeared.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The idea that no one was born inherently superior, that status wasn’t tied to birth but to citizenship and shared rights, was a radical break in human history and a decisive rejection of Old World European ideology.—
Jared Nordlund,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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“Collective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collective. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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