collective
Example Sentences
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It’s tempting to believe that the market knows something you don’t based on the collective wisdom of millions of investors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The Athletic reports that the opening day roster lost a collective 20 feet of height with a cluster winding up at 5 feet 10 or 11 inches.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Across Wall Street, analysts are looking for headline earnings growth of around 14%, a rate that would take collective S&P 500 profits to just over $605 billion.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
In their own ways, Raccio and Moon’s mattress store sound baths are tapping into a collective need for rest, but beyond that — a gentle pause from technology for one’s own well-being.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
For the first time in a decade, over half a million black voters in Chicago went to the polls, proving that they had the collective power to shape political outcomes.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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