collective
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More recently, researchers have found them in materials that also support more complicated forms of collective electron behavior, including magnetism and superconductivity, in which electrons pair together and move through a material without friction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
If Ms. Josephson wants her students to forsake communities, she needs to convince them that their lives as successful individuals will be better than their lives as successful members of the collective.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
And before arriving in Colorado, the team was in a collective slump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
CISA, the agency charged with the mandate of leading the nation’s collective defense against cyber threats and coordinating national incident responses, appears unprepared to meet this moment.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Chess players the world over were following the game through faxes and telephone contact, and their collective question was answered at Fischer’s fiftieth move.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
These might include karaoke nights, themed bingo happy hours, and raves, often thrown with well-respected collectives.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Instead of direct pay from universities, athletes receive funds indirectly through NIL collectives, donors and sponsorship deals, which the school can broker.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
It’s why Hernandez organized a drag show with seven community organizations in Havana, including gay advocacy group RedHSH and transgender collectives TransCuba and La Red Afro-Cubana de Personas Trans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Humans cooperate well in close-knit groups—family, friends, professional and civic associations—but struggle immensely in large, abstract collectives that span nations or continents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
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
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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