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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
David G.w. Birch, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Catholic faithful and members of the public traveled from across the world, and through the night from parts of Italy to witness the funeral mass.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 26 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
As the identification, authentication and authorisation mechanisms around MCP are standardised, there is no reason not expect the rapid acceleration of a-commerce across the mass market.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Catholic faithful and members of the public traveled from across the world, and through the night from parts of Italy to witness the funeral mass.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 26 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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Historian William Dalrymple traces the current sectarian divisions to the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb, who shattered the empire’s religious pluralism by trying to impose orthodox Islam on the populace.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2025
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But those environmentalists would have recognized, at least a little, the political climate: a corrupt Republican Administration and an energized populace willing to take to the streets.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2025
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The disconnect between the body and the disintegrating mind is painful to witness, and even harder for families to reconcile.—
Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2025
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Low body weight or minimal body fat does not equate to good health, the doctor said.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
27 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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While most debates, especially online, aren't so clear cut, the majority agrees that even the most skilled men are no match for a gorilla.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Cast at center the majority of his career, the 3-pointer largely was novelty, as can be the case with many centers.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
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The lavish ceremony drew more than 4,000 guests and onlookers, and the venue experienced so much overcrowding that the wedding gift table was inadvertently pushed into the hotel’s pond by the swarming throng.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Photos show Pope Francis' last appearance on Easter Day Before Francis emerged into the crowd at St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday in his popemobile, the pope had blessed the throng from a balcony.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Beijing responded by slapping reciprocal tariffs on $50 billion worth of U.S. goods, mostly targeting U.S. agricultural products worth some $16.5 billion — a trade war that saw the loss of a quarter of a million U.S. jobs by January 2021, according to the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC).—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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On the other hand, the Trump administration should aim to keep high-end, strategic manufacturing—in sectors such as semiconductors and industrial robotics—close to balanced, through formulaic reciprocal tariffs.—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
29 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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For example, an American house accumulates an average of 300,000 objects, with more money spent each year on shoes, jewelry and clothes than on higher education.—
Ana Morales,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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The result was a big surprise to much of the boxing public.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Cutting away advisory panels hurts everyone and leaves the U.S. government uninformed when making critical decisions that affect millions of lives, alongside a public left in the dark about what advice agencies do receive.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Mass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mass. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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