en masse
adverb
äⁿ(n)-ˈmas 
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: in a body : as a whole
moved the inmates en masse to the new prison
Examples of en masse in a Sentence
Her supporters arrived en masse for the rally.
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Alsup said the Justice Department tried to obfuscate that the White House had improperly ordered agencies to fire workers en masse.
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
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Last seen en masse at the tail end of the aughts, bubble skirts once signaled preppy, moneyed glamour.
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
Companies are calling their employees back to the office en masse.
—Mick Hunt, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Last seen en masse at the tail end of the aughts, bubble skirts once signaled preppy, moneyed glamour.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
As civil servants have been abruptly laid off en masse, in-person GOP town halls have turned heated, with many constituents lashing out at lawmakers over the cuts.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for en masse
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“En masse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20masse. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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en masse
adverb
: in a body : as a whole
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