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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Since first emerging online in 2019 on the online bulletin board 4chan, the Backrooms phenomenon has expanded across Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and gaming platforms, where users collectively map, narrate and extend its mythology.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Capital expenditures by the six leading hyperscalers are expected to reach roughly $785 billion collectively this year and nearly $1 trillion in 2027, according to a Moody’s Ratings report released on Wednesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The closing of the three chokepoints collectively imperils roughly a quarter of the world’s oil supply and provides a fresh test of the ability of energy-hungry economies to adapt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta are collectively on track to pour roughly $700 billion into AI data centers, chips and computing infrastructure this year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
They waited for the D.I.’s wrath to descend upon them collectively, in a truculent visitation as though the whole platoon had sneezed together.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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