as in people
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 accumulates
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 Synonyms for masses
Verb
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As heat accumulates in the interior, the Earth in Kane’s simulations would experience an uptick in volcanism lasting for about 15 million years.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025 -
Research also suggests that as the day goes on, waste accumulates in the brain that sleep helps clear out, Carvalho said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Giants' pass rush should get a boost from the home crowd and prevent this from being easy for Patrick Mahomes and Co.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Other clips depict engines roaring with huge crowds and fireworks being set off.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Neen James — Exceptional Experiences In Exceptional Experiences, luxury consultant Neen James gathers insights gleaned from decades of experience in very exclusive circles and brings them down to earth.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the evenings everyone gathers by the river where the Danube and the Sava meet.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yerevan now found itself in a hopeless situation, bereft of any real allies, its military in tatters, and an increasingly bitter Armenian public.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman in history to take a company public, ringing the Nasdaq bell with her son on her hip.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This willingness of the AI to heap praise and act as a sycophant has worrying consequences for the populace as a whole.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Rather than unifying and pacifying a populace, this kind of media encouraged idiosyncratic, extreme views.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Outside, Ali stood on top of a car and stoked the nascent mob, promising them a fight at a rec center a few miles away.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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But they’re not made members of the McAlbert mob.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Masses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masses. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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