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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Though Liverpool struggled collectively, Gakpo actually remained one of Europe's most dangerous wide forwards in terms of finding scoring opportunities.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The fires had collectively charred some 8,000 acres Monday afternoon with 0% containment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
But I do think many have collectively misunderstood his apparent message of regret.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta are collectively on track to pour around $700 billion into AI data centers, chips and computing infrastructure this year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
There is no question about our good intentions in this matter: we all hanker, collectively, to become applied scientists as soon as we can, overnight if possible.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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