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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EOG, Diamondback and Occidental collectively logged roughly $4.9 billion in free cash flow in the first quarter, up from $3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
However, they have collectively raised 72% more in proceeds.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
But collectively, they have flooded Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube with videos of pitiful-looking animals - mostly dogs and cats, but even rabbits – with commentary pleading for donations to shelter, feed and treat them.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Coffee may modify what microbes do collectively, and what metabolites they use.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
If would-be artists sense that their gifts are not large enough to succeed as painters, sculptors, or architects, they may take up one of the countless special fields known collectively as “the applied arts.”
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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