collective

Example Sentences

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Analysts are looking for collective S&P 500 company profits to rise 14% over the first quarter and nearly 19% for the year, paced by megacap tech giants and the country’s biggest banks.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Black said his faith helps him make sense of the violence he witnessed and endured — not simply as the product of individual malice, but as something sustained by collective moral failure.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

When they emerge from the Moon's shadow, and that signal is re-established, the world will breathe a collective sigh of relief.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Edison’s contribution was an innovation that made electric light much more practical and commercially viable, but it was also part of a larger process of collective scientific research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

I will make myself an indispensable part of her little collective, and I will receive enough water to survive.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman