How to Use collective in a Sentence

collective

1 of 2 adjective
  • We made a collective decision to go on strike.
  • The incident became part of our collective memory.
  • The collective ire of the group spilled over.
    — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
  • The choice brought a collective groan from much of the fan base.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • This is part of our collective wealth.
    — Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2026
  • One match in, this year’s group has made its collective voice heard.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Your blood flowed in the streets, and our collective tears flowed for you.
    — Kenety S. Gee, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But there is a primal scream stuck in our collective throat.
    — Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
  • This is a collective scream for the world — as well as private.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But the market has made up its collective mind.
    — CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • He’s chased that same bright, collective lift for his fans ever since.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Both stories are told in a collective voice.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • If that doesn’t sum up the collective mood, nothing does.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For her, the goal now is collective healing.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But there isn’t one collective goal for this team to chase over the next 17 days.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • My dear friend is no doubt about to blow our collective mind with Digger.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 June 2026
  • Each of us can make a difference in the collective peace.
    — Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This is part of our collective resilience here in Ukraine.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
  • And who knows, the layoff may give them a chance to collect their collective breath.
    — Mike Lupica, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2026
  • But the collective effort behind those hot cross buns and front-porch flags?
    — Fran Moreland Johns, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • And then in the hive, in the hot pink mists of our collective mind, a figure appeared.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In the clubhouse, there was a collective sigh of relief.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • That kind of survival was collective.
    — Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That’s good news for their collective bullpen and possibly bad news for the fringe arms who hope to join it.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Workplaces that adapt to collective rhythms rather than rigid schedules.
    — Nathanael Bondu, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Dickens said the work will take a collective effort.
    — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Outside of this, what’s left on your collective bucket lists?
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Spoelstra put the onus on his team’s collective defense.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
  • More willing to put the collective goal of winning a title above all else.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
  • But whether our collective desire has been sated is up for (a lot of) debate.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026

collective

2 of 2 noun
  • The Wolves feel the same as a collective.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In turn, that’s what the Wolves are as a collective.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
  • So, collectives filled that role.
    — Nick Lomaglio, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • It would have been met with a collective, silent nod from the rest of the roster.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • This all explains how the league, as a collective, can be so bad at hiring.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Each week, Graham picks an artist or a hip-hop collective.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • There’s a kind of yearning for the collective across the album.
    — Emma Madden, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Again, this is where an edge from a leader — or a collective — comes into play.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Mack Maier, co-owner of the collective, said climbers were present when the roof peeled off.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Their debut album is just the tip of the iceberg for the collective.
    — Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This time around, the culinary collective isn’t playing small.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 June 2023
  • But there’s also the notion of the collective.
    — Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • When one soul speaks its truth, the frequency of truth expands through the collective.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • This was the thing the Spurs just didn’t quite understand, at least as a collective.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Crisp passes by the collective.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Those updates could perhaps attract more users to the collective.
    — ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In the last three matches, there has been fighting spirit and the team have been playing as a collective.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But there's a limit to what programs and outside collectives are willing to spend.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • This bike club promotes itself as people riding in a pack rather than a mass collective that takes over the streets.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The second is paid from an NIL collective.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2026
  • That same sound begins each scene, and the set (by the dots collective) is half fancy dining room, half tennis court.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
  • That’s why the annual concert by the collective is so joyful.
    — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Mercosur operates as a collective to set tariffs with the rest of the world.
    — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • Around 1980 it was rented by a collective of artists that remained there for more than three decades.
    — Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Neptune, on the other hand, challenges the collective with the unknown.
    — Colin Bedell, Them., 20 Aug. 2025
  • Ghetto Gastro, the culinary collective flipping the game on its head, is about to do it again.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 1 Aug. 2023
  • For those who served, the commitment to the Union cause ranged from the personal to the collective.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
  • The collective now make shows for Netflix and have very much broken into the mainstream.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • Each performance is followed by a talkback with the collective.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • So, the climbing collective turned to their community for help.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025

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