as in broadly
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time
collectively, the firm's partners have 107 years of experience
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Recent Examples of collectively
Gulf SWFs ramp up spending despite Iran war Against the backdrop of the Iran war, Gulf sovereign wealth funds have stepped up dealmaking over the last few months–with the five biggest funds collectively investing nearly $26 billion at a higher deployment pace than over the previous five years.
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Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Illinois rideshare drivers could soon collectively bargain with Uber and Lyft after the state General Assembly passed legislation early yesterday outlining a path toward unionization.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Since its launch in 2017, the ANDAM Innovation Prize has supported nine laureates who have collectively raised over 200 million euros and established partnerships with leading fashion and luxury brands.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
His students had collectively decided to set the play in eighteen-nineties Butte, making the court of Duke Frederick the house of a silver-mining magnate and situating the Forest of Arden in the Absarokas.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 grants professional sports leagues, including the NFL, a limited antitrust exemption that allows teams to pool their television rights and sell them collectively as a league package rather than having each team negotiate its own broadcasting contracts.
—Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
According to ProPublica and public filings, those organizations collectively reported hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue in 2024.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
These organizations collectively assist over 8,000 people every year.
—Callie Freitag, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
Hijra women live collectively, in households organised around the relationship between a guru (elder) and chela (younger member).
—Vogue, 1 June 2026
Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Illinois rideshare drivers could soon collectively bargain with Uber and Lyft after the state General Assembly passed legislation early yesterday outlining a path toward unionization.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Since its launch in 2017, the ANDAM Innovation Prize has supported nine laureates who have collectively raised over 200 million euros and established partnerships with leading fashion and luxury brands.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
His students had collectively decided to set the play in eighteen-nineties Butte, making the court of Duke Frederick the house of a silver-mining magnate and situating the Forest of Arden in the Absarokas.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 grants professional sports leagues, including the NFL, a limited antitrust exemption that allows teams to pool their television rights and sell them collectively as a league package rather than having each team negotiate its own broadcasting contracts.
—Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
According to ProPublica and public filings, those organizations collectively reported hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue in 2024.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
These organizations collectively assist over 8,000 people every year.
—Callie Freitag, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
Hijra women live collectively, in households organised around the relationship between a guru (elder) and chela (younger member).
—Vogue, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collectively
Adverb
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The Berggruen Institute, a think tank that’s been a vocal champion of UBC, described it broadly as a large wealth fund that people could invest in and get returns from, with some kind of state sponsorship.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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That’s because many Americans passively invest their 401(k) and other retirement savings through index funds—large stock portfolios tied to indexes such as the S&P 500 or Nasdaq 100 designed to broadly track the market’s performance by pooling together the stocks of the biggest public companies.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
Adverb
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Breslow offered some insight into that deal and his process with trades more generally.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Lanuzza says that wine that is available in grocery stores is not generally meant to be cellared.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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The Dolphins entered the final day of their mandatory minicamp in good health, overall.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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Larkin, who was born in Waterford, Michigan, and played hockey for the University of Michigan, was drafted 15th overall by the Red Wings and has played all 11 of his seasons in the league with Detroit.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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Thai diver Kengkard Bongkawong told CNN that while the goal is still to rescue the group, an upcoming meeting will decide whether the team should first work together to evacuate them or if the rescuers should split into two groups, with one continuing the search for those unaccounted for.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Maybe, just maybe, the band will put together a show or two for its (semi-) annual late October local throwdown.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Pulling this off while also building a culture that manages change effectively and shares the benefits of agentic AI inclusively is the key here.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Collectively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collectively. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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