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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Collectively, SpaceX’s IPO and the anticipated size of OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s IPOs represent a roughly 5% increase in the U.S. stock market’s total market value.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
Collectively, Alphabet has raised around $60 billion in debt sales over the past four months, making it one of the biggest corporate borrowers on record in terms of single-year issuance.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Collectively, their comments suggest the BOE is unlikely to raise its key interest rate at its June meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Collectively, this area is bigger than India and offers access to an ocean abundant with marine life, including skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
Collectively, the Bantu languages constitute only a single, low-order subfamily of the Niger-Congo language family.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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