collective
Example Sentences
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There was a collective tittering in the streetcar as Russell bleated his horn a few more times.
From Literature
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That outlook, paired against the market’s broader pullback, puts the valuation of S&P 500 stocks at around 20.2 times the collective earnings they’re likely to generate over the next 12 months.
From Barron's
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK is working with allies on a "viable, collective plan" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From BBC
It points to something deeper anchored in our collective consciousness and all of a sudden it bursts open.
The book trend cover suggests collective angst about adulthood, highlighted by a cultural fixation on “girlhood” that sparked a spate of online think pieces in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.