collectives

plural of collective

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collectives
Noun
  • Approximately 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died in the operation, which lasted 22 days, according to aid groups.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Most Marxist groups in Britain have spent at least some years inside the Labour Party, hoping to change it from within.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • China has also sought to strengthen its global position through its leadership of multilateral institutions like BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and participation at the United Nations.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Germany is one of Israel's strongest allies due to the legacy of the Holocaust and security is tight at synagogues and other Jewish institutions.
    Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Inflation is eating into not just the pockets of consumers but also the margins of corporations.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Most corporations had no tangible returns yet on their AI projects despite more than $30 billion in collective investments, according to an MIT report from July.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Collectives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collectives. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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