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Describing or involving groups of people

public

adjective

involving a lot of people, or involving people in general

collective

adjective

involving all the members of a group

tribal

adjective

relating to or belonging to a tribe

multicultural

adjective

involving or consisting of people of different cultures

factional

adjective

involving factions in a group

close-knit

adjective

consisting of people who do a lot of activities together and look after one another

tight-knit

adjective

a tight-knit group of people know each other very well and support each other

mixed

adjective

involving people of different ages, abilities, races etc

ill-assorted

adjective

an ill-assorted group of people or things are all very different from each other

from all walks of life

used for saying that a group consists of all types of people with different backgrounds, jobs etc

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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tweet

the short high sound that a small bird makes

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an event that should never occur in a healthcare setting …

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