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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People talk about Gen Z as though young adults collectively decided to stop going out, when the physical infrastructure of going out has changed around them.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Gina said they had an "amazing" day and worked out they and their guests had collectively donated more than £1k to charities.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
A separate provision of the Protect College Sports Act would extend antitrust exemption to schools that collectively sell their media rights through a qualifying entity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But it would also create a federal commission to study the implications of collective bargaining while granting institutions the protection to enforce economic rules collectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
We work at this all our lives, and collectively we give it life, but we do not exert the least control over language, not as individuals or committees or academies or governments.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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