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collective ownership

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noun

  1. ownership by a group for the benefit of members of that group

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Volunteers help care for animals, support mentorship programs and assist with riding events, creating shared spaces where culture, care and collective ownership thrive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025

Obviously, there were some very specific dynamics that were happening here, but they are very curious now about DAOs, about collective ownership, and all the different things that we explored with this organization.

From The Verge ● Dec. 7, 2021

The company is part of a small but growing movement towards platform cooperativism, which offers collective ownership as an ethical and viable alternative to Big Tech.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2020

But a radical call for collective ownership, for black creativity, couldn’t be made alone, he said.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019

Then, when the 1912 Convention met, it made another change, and declared for the collective ownership of land wherever practicable.

From The Red Conspiracy by Joseph J. Mereto

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