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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The results indicate that quark-gluon plasma really does respond collectively like a liquid when energetic particles pass through it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The petition argues that Kumar exercised powers that belong to the commission collectively and seeks a ruling that any such actions were unauthorised.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Tuvalu's message is clear: the world must act now decisively, collectively, and with urgency to protect the future for generations to come."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
He describes Casablancas and Co. as the last in a lineage of quintets that, collectively, have spanned five decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The stimuli that set them off at the outset, building collectively instead of shifting things about, may be pheromones released when they reach committee size.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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