collective

Example Sentences

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The second speaks to the lack of choice we have as workers to take that money and invest it in the stock market — that’s done for the collective benefit.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Analysts at Truist Securities estimate that the collective trading assets of large Wall Street banks grew by almost a trillion dollars from the fourth quarter of last year to the first quarter of this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

They’re looking for an artistic lifeline, a way of connecting themselves and their audience with a tradition that extends our collective horizon and encourages us to take a longer view.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Sports bettors losing money shouldn’t be surprising—where else would you expect sportsbook profits to come from?—but the manner of our collective losses seems both sleazy and unsustainable.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

After collective bargaining failed, Carnegie shut down its Homestead plant and locked out the union workers.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell