collective

Example Sentences

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But sometimes, a wish is a collective endeavor, a bold and communal call for action.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Visitors to All the Rage will move between performances and exhibits throughout the office space, before coming together to watch a final collective performance.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Many unionized workers were locked into collective bargaining agreements that didn’t anticipate the extraordinary rise in inflation and lacked the cost-of-living adjustments that were far more common in the 1970s and 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Many still remember Siphiwe Tshabalala and his powerful shot into the top corner that beat Mexican goalkeeper Óscar Pérez, and a celebration that remains etched in the collective memory of the soccer world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

All major decisions were collective occasions, in which advisers, like spokes on a wheel, made contributions, usually in written form.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis