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  • noun Plural form of collective.

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Examples

  • Nor do we have any particular faith in collectives or collectivism as a mode of writing.

    Boing Boing 2006

  • Such a system would be fine for certain collectives of rights-holders.

    eDonkey throws in the towel 2005

  • RW Such a system would be fine for certain collectives of rights-holders.

    eDonkey throws in the towel 2005

  • Von Mises (1957) gives us a more thoroughgoing restriction to what he calls collectives ” hypothetical infinite sequences of attributes (possible outcomes) of specified experiments that meet certain requirements.

    Interpretations of Probability Hájek, Alan 2007

  • Sequences satisfying both postulates are called collectives or simply random sequences.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas HILDA GEIRINGER 1968

  • At the heart of all his collectives is the kind of spontaneous musical discussion that happens when stellar improvisers meet angular and loosely structured compositions.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • I see a lot of shows advertised where they are "collectives" of "anonymous" artists engaged in "subversion" of some sort or another.

    Gallery System EAGEAGEAG 2009

  • One thing that separates New York from Los Angeles (other than an average IQ differential of about 45) is that people here in the movie business are all about "collectives," other loose partnerships, and the general good will that a high tide raises all ships.

    9/30/02 Day 2 of our 2002

  • One thing that separates New York from Los Angeles (other than an average IQ differential of about 45) is that people here in the movie business are all about "collectives," other loose partnerships, and the general good will that a high tide raises all ships.

    9/30/02 Day 2 of our 2002

  • At one stage SASCO converted its departments into "collectives" in order to encourage the spirit of comrades working with each other in a less hierarchical but complementary manner.

    "Two Wings of a Great Movement" 2001

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