en masse
adverb
äⁿ(n)-ˈmas 
-ˈmäs
än-
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: in a body : as a whole
moved the inmates en masse to the new prison
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Her supporters arrived en masse for the rally.
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The timing was awkward — as Bashar and his gang were murdering unarmed protesters en masse.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
Similar circumstances are playing out all over college football this month, with the transfer portal ravaging rosters and potential NFL prospects opting out of bowls en masse.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Jackrabbits — still abundant today but more sedentary — once moved en masse, ripping through crops so severely during the Dust Bowl that people drove them into pens and killed them by the thousands.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
Because this pseudo pulsing is highly periodic when considered en masse in what scientists call a pulsar timing array, these cosmic lighthouses transform into a highly accurate time-keeping tool.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
Similar circumstances are playing out all over college football this month, with the transfer portal ravaging rosters and potential NFL prospects opting out of bowls en masse.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Jackrabbits — still abundant today but more sedentary — once moved en masse, ripping through crops so severely during the Dust Bowl that people drove them into pens and killed them by the thousands.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
Because this pseudo pulsing is highly periodic when considered en masse in what scientists call a pulsar timing array, these cosmic lighthouses transform into a highly accurate time-keeping tool.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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“En masse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20masse. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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en masse
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: in a body : as a whole
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