How to Use hive mind in a Sentence

hive mind

noun
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  • The hive mind weighed in with their favorite tips and tricks.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
  • For Covid-19, a kind of medical hive mind is on the case.
    — Michael Smith, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The Mind Flayer, aka the Shadow Monster, is part of a hive mind.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 5 July 2019
  • The image seems to speak to Migos as a hive mind and a collective force.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 15 June 2021
  • The hive mind was buzzing, the energy was fast and furious.
    — Tara Shafer, Redbook, 19 June 2018
  • And in that hive mind, fashion is still apparently the bad guy.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2021
  • In that sense, Libs of TikTok is a collective, molded to the hive mind of the right-wing internet.
    — Taylor Lorenz, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2022
  • In that sense, Libs of TikTok is a collective, molded to the hive mind of the right-wing Internet.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The cordyceps tendrils on the show create a hive mind effect, as viewers saw in episode 2.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The entire world seems to have the United Kingdom on its collective hive mind.
    — Kate Springer, CNN, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Creepy-crawly, extra slimy feelers litter the landscape as part of the Vecna’s hive mind.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The bat-distraction plan goes well until the Upside Down hive mind senses danger, and heads back to the Creel House.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 July 2022
  • There are other ways to stay up to date on current events without relying on the hive mind.
    — Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Alas, the comments of the Twitter hive mind are rather superficial.
    — Kim Sajet, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2018
  • And, friends, the web hive mind is a weird (often funny, sometimes dangerous) place.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2018
  • But those concerned about not having the money or time to procure what the internet hive mind has deemed top-of-the-line need not worry.
    — Annie Midori Atherton, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The best offensive lines are said to operate similar to a hive mind.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Famously, share indexes are reacting to what the hive mind thinks a year out will look like.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • If there is a human vs. robot war, the fact that robots have what appears to be a hive mind definitely seems like a bonus.
    — Mehera Bonner, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Some of this might just be how strong the show’s visual influences are, and some of it might be the critical hive mind malfunctioning.
    — Emily Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 14 June 2019
  • Ruben assembles the atmosphere and the hive mind that comes together pretty much each time.
    — Beth Woodcontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Or, in other words, is the writing process for popular fiction somehow shaped by the hive mind of an audience?
    — Sophie Kemp, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The process helps winnow the field of competing films for upcoming awards shows, a kind of hive mind forming around the season’s leading contenders.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • But what happens when great power comes from a sentient alien symbiote with a murderous hive mind?
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Hopper and Joyce do their part in Russia, weakening the hive mind further by attacking from that end.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 July 2022
  • If that’s the case, then the hive mind of Twitter is an indication that our democratic foundation may be crumbling.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2018
  • But then the hive mind of TikTok swarmed, as fans and collaborators contributed extensions and overlays to a project that wasn’t yet a project.
    — New York Times, 3 Jan. 2021
  • And then, just as quickly, Twitter’s hive mind swarmed onto its next viral cause, the Ice Bucket Challenge, and never returned.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Neo and Trinity’s struggle to find and love each other again, despite the best efforts of a malevolent hive mind, will become the movie’s emotional crux.
    — Alex Pappademas, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The death of the demodogs ripples throughout the hive mind, weakening Vecna and allowing Eleven to save Max before Vecna's curse can finish her off.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 July 2022

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