collective behavior
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In this case, resistance to motion occurs without any physical contact, arising instead from the collective behavior of magnetic elements.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026
The consequences of their collective behavior were world-changing.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024
“When it comes to our collective behavior, it seems like we have lost any sense of public conversation about the moral good,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
The team found that the consistency of mucus profoundly affects the collective behavior of bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
It is in our collective behavior that we are most mysterious.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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