COLLECTIVELY Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

collectively

adverb

Definition of collectively

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 Garate got into the barbecue game thanks to the pitmasters of the second wave, which inspired other artisans to collectively upped their craft. — Charlie Kolodziej, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026 The gamblers collectively profited about $100,000 on that game, the feds charge. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026 Maryland counties collectively received 165 NACo awards this year. — Howard County Times, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026 But the court also said the people facing deportation must pursue their cases individually where they are being held, under what are called habeas petitions, rather than collectively, under what is called a class action. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Detroit’s three automakers collectively eliminated 20,000 white-collar jobs over the same period. — Joe Toscano, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 After July 4, parents, guardians, grandparents and others can collectively contribute up to $5,000 a year in after-tax dollars up until the year before the beneficiary turns 18. — Jessica Dickler,kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 1 July 2026 According to Flexion, long-horizon autonomy remains one of the biggest challenges in robotics because even highly reliable navigation, manipulation, and perception systems can collectively fail when errors accumulate across many sequential tasks. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026 Three Swiss museums—the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich, Museum Rietberg Zurich, and Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève—have collectively returned eighteen courtly and religious objects from the Republic of Benin (now Nigeria). — News Desk, Artforum, 30 June 2026

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Adverb

More broadly, the idea that White players are inherently inferior no longer matches reality.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Those resources are still going to be broadly available for the patients that don’t qualify for coverage under the government program, called Bridge, Kevin Host, senior vice president of Walmart Health & Wellness, said in an interview.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 1 July 2026

Definition of broadly

Adverb

Damaged or bruised portions of fruits and vegetables should be cut away, or the produce should be discarded, and produce should generally be refrigerated within two hours of purchase, per MCHD.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Coop — who has been practicing his knots, learning how to drive the tender, and generally being attentive and curious about his new job — does wonderfully, which earns him some praise from the bosun.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026

Definition of generally

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As thousands sing, clap and chant together, attendees describe a feeling of bliss and belonging, a chance to step outside the pressures of work, studies and an increasingly competitive society.

— Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Guests also visited a memory table filled with photos of Love and her father together, along with some of his favorite things, including a football, weights and his scriptures.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

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