A general election is a set of simultaneous elections that collectively determine the entire elected membership of a parliament.

Kentucky's Senate race is one of the half-dozen or so close contests that will collectively determine whether the Republicans have the 60 votes they will need in the next two years to cut off debate.

But once Washington is allowed to descend a step or two from his acknowledged heights, it is possible to view him as the foremost member of a remarkable fraternity that collectively determined the nation's early course.

Social production of habitat is an international term used to convey the process and product arising from the experience of people in a community collectively determining the conditions of their own habitat (dwelling place and living environment).

In addition, there are non-radioactive processes, for example, tree rings, that are used to collectively determine the "best" estimate of the age of an artifact, mineral or whatever.

It assumes that New Jersey's pension assets will earn 8.25 percent, a number collectively determined - some say pulled from thin air - by the state's pension council.

As part of its objective to promote constructive and informed debate, YourView uses an algorithm to assign each user a credibility score; the algorithm aims to quantify a series of "epistemic virtues" that collectively determine the extent to which an individual user has contributed to the deliberative process.

Although he will have line responsibilities for six operations at Prudential, he will also be one of the six senior officers on the executive committee who collectively determine policy and strategic direction for the entire corporation.

The bridges on a network segment collectively determine which bridge has the least-cost path from the network segment to the root.

We collectively determine what is acceptable and what is not.