Their common influence is the discouragement of collective understandings upon the basis of the existing state.

There's been too much information that's speeded up, so that there's no collective understanding.

But if you believe that meeting our collective challenges requires greater collective understanding, we've got to persuade these folks to try.

In the past, the collective understanding of advocacy was limited by institutional and contextual questions.

The spec always reflects our best collective understanding of how the product is going to work.

Its website states that it "takes part in the individual and collective understanding of the need for a responsible and positive integration".

It is through these rituals that religion is enacted and reinforced, creating a collective understanding of reality.

Our collective understanding about how to collaborate more effectively, including with developing country partners, is limited.

There should be a collective understanding of the issues, so that the judgements involved in decision-making can be well informed.

"And, in the absence of that kind of collective understanding, it's no wonder that individuals give up the game before it begins."