collectively
Americanadverb
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as a whole group rather than as individual persons or things.
There have been a number of different polls released in the last two weeks, and collectively they give us an accurate picture of public opinion.
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according to collectivism, a system in which economic control, especially of the means of production, is shared or centralized.
As one of the reforms, we developed agricultural production cooperatives in which almost 100% of the land is farmed collectively.
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The software and semiconductor sectors haven’t been trading in tandem much this year, but they collectively fell Friday as AI and interest-rate fears hit the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Jurors found the Alexanders guilty of all 10 counts they collectively faced, including two involving minors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
However, he said the Irish government's failure to establish a basis for formal talks "left our members with no alternative but to act collectively".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“We all collectively lack the imagination to wonder what the jobs of the future will be,” Reid said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The sky was turning the color of a fresh bruise as we pulled into my grandfather’s subdivision, a bewildering labyrinth of interlocking cul-de-sacs known collectively as Circle Village.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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