as in collectively
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time
all told, we made $14.64
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Adverb
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The study, which was done in living yeast cells and human cell lines, illustrates how proteins act collectively by forming a crystal that gathers caspases together to activate the cell death program and enable the cell to make a rapid life-or-death decision.—
Viviane Callier,
Scientific American,
20 Oct. 2025 -
The defense posted its first regular-season shutout in 14 years, a collectively perfect day, but the offense has cooked for four weeks, and, yes, that includes a losing effort in Jacksonville.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Oct. 2025
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Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale has, overall, served the club well as a temporary home in its first six seasons in MLS, but there were a couple of thousand empty seats in the 21,550-capacity venue for a playoff game featuring one of the game’s greats.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Johnson, the independent analyst, said seniors may benefit far less from the inflation adjustment in 2026 than in previous years, thanks to rising medical costs overall.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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In other words, businesses ranging from Snapchat to McDonald’s essentially rent Amazon’s physical infrastructure located in places all around the world to operate their own websites.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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My grandmother has since passed, and different desserts now fill the oversized heirloom, but her memory is still all around us.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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