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collective

[kuh-lek-tiv] / kəˈlɛk tɪv /


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Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement expires on Dec. 1, and both sides are gearing up for what could be a long fight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Writing in his book, Khawaja said "it was all of us" and called for the players to take collective responsibility.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

The change occurs at a critical boundary where the behavior of plasma shifts from the collective movement of a flowing fluid to the dynamics of individual particles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

United States District Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor agreed — you know her as a Supreme Court justice now — and ordered the old collective bargaining agreement reinstated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

The sound from the living room was diminished now as if somebody had lowered the collective volume of the voices.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

These might include karaoke nights, themed bingo happy hours, and raves, often thrown with well-respected collectives.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Finally, if you’re open to joining a group of fellow photographers, I suggest following Instagram pages for collectives like L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 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

Jazz haunts with debts owed to its creators, and has a knack for revivals, collectives, new venues in the old forms, and stalwart clubs revivified by benefactors and grant funding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

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


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