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as in populace
masses plural
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
the masses demanded the elimination of tax breaks for the rich
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as in loads
a considerable amount
I have a mass of work to do tonight
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as in weight
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
when taking pictures, focus your attention on the mass of the main subject
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as in majority
the largest part or quantity of something
believes that the great mass of voters are in the political center and consider themselves neither conservative nor liberal
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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a huge mass of people had gathered in the park to protest the government's latest policy
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as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range
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Recent Examples of mass
Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025
The uncertainty related to the mass tariffs has led shippers to opt into more shorter-term deals than usual around this time of year, according to freight benchmarking platform Xeneta.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Apr. 2025
Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 18 Apr. 2025
Last Sunday’s strike on Sumy, resulting in mass casualties, was the second large-scale missile attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week.
—Angela Charlton and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Multiple cases are proceeding challenging the administration’s efforts to mass terminate federal employees still in their probationary period, including one that is set for an evidentiary hearing in San Francisco later Thursday.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Every episode mercilessly redeploys you back into the middle of an overworked, understaffed emergency room dealing with fentanyl overdoses, mass shooting events, miscarriages, seizures, childbirth, and child death.
—Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025
The uncertainty related to the mass tariffs has led shippers to opt into more shorter-term deals than usual around this time of year, according to freight benchmarking platform Xeneta.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
In the six months to December, Coty saw growth in both prestige and mass fragrance.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 18 Apr. 2025
Last Sunday’s strike on Sumy, resulting in mass casualties, was the second large-scale missile attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week.
—Angela Charlton and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
That Donald Trump’s first-day fusillade of executive orders included the declaration of a national energy emergency wasn’t all that shocking given his intensity level on everything from birthright citizenship to mass deportation.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Multiple cases are proceeding challenging the administration’s efforts to mass terminate federal employees still in their probationary period, including one that is set for an evidentiary hearing in San Francisco later Thursday.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
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In contrast to the anti-immigrant rhetoric emanating from the White House, the survey of 800 California voters portrays a populace that values the contributions of immigrants, regardless of legal status, and believes their well-being is intertwined with a well-functioning state.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Their exodus leaves behind a populace that, like in the Weimar Republic, dismisses each authoritarian advance as temporary, necessary—or even more astonishing, somehow contained.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Wine communicators thankfully will continue to share their love of wine, but regional bodies, businesses and wineries or producers can expand their success by connecting to wine lovers in person.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Other mothers told me that some of their darkest moments came when their own body didn’t cooperate.—
Jessica Slice,
The Atlantic,
14 Apr. 2025
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By 2016, President Obama put his weight behind the movement with the Computer Science for All initiative.—
James V. Shuls,
National Review,
20 Apr. 2025
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But the procession carried even more weight this year.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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That’s kind of the majority of what Jax’s involvement is.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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All-Star events are attended covertly and the main goal is gathering player surveys The Rams don’t send the majority of their front office and scouting staff, nor any coaches, to All-Star offseason events such as the East-West Shrine Bowl, scouting combine or Senior Bowl.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Last night, a throng many tens of thousands deeper saw Armstrong and his main band fulfill their destiny as the holders of rock’s eternal flame.—
Jeff Miller,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2025
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Earlier this February, at CPAC’s annual gathering, Elon Musk walked onstage to a cheering throng of young admirers and was presented with a chainsaw by Argentine president Javier Milei for his efforts with DOGE.—
Jeffrey Blehar,
National Review,
4 Apr. 2025
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The reciprocal tariffs are subject to a 90-day pause following Trump's announcement on April 9.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Markets saw more wild turbulence as Trump later announced a 90-day pause on most reciprocal tariffs, sending the Nasdaq Composite to its second-best session ever last week.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
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The rookies this season accumulated 0.054 win shares per 48 minutes—the ninth lowest of the past 40 seasons, but still significantly above recent seasons such as 2014, 2015 and 2017, as well as the infamously unproductive 2001 cohort.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The defender never accumulated more than five sacks in a season at Georgia and often struggled to get around quality offensive tackles.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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In Weill’s opinion, composers educated in the classical tradition had lost touch with the broader public and sunk into obscurantism.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Given the isolationist tendencies of the U.S. public and Congress in the pre-war years—best exemplified by passage of the neutrality laws in the mid 1930s—Roosevelt’s ability to counter the economic autarky and expansionist aims of fascist Germany, Italy, and Japan was severely limited.—
Time,
Time,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Mass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mass. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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