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collectively

[kuh-lek-tiv-lee] / kəˈlɛk tɪv li /








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People talk about Gen Z as though young adults collectively decided to stop going out, when the physical infrastructure of going out has changed around them.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Universities operate as a closed economy: centrally administered, collectively resourced, carefully controlled by administrators who hope their plans aid retention efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

A separate provision of the Protect College Sports Act would extend antitrust exemption to schools that collectively sell their media rights through a qualifying entity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The findings suggest that atomically thin materials could provide an especially useful platform for observing how electrons move collectively within ordered quantum states.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Poppet and Widget adore them, and promptly dub them Bootes and Pavo, though later they can never quite remember which of the identical kittens is which and refer to them collectively whenever possible.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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