en bloc
Example Sentences
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“They were just informing me as to what they were going to do, as members do all the time. That they did it en bloc made it very, very important.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2019
The Sky squad still rode on the front, all eight of them en bloc after an accident forced Geraint Thomas to withdraw, but the sight of that crushing might was less oppressive.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2017
“In a piecemeal way we’ve been doing that for years, but now we can take it en bloc and I don’t mind telling you we’re rather excited.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2015
The en bloc type, they can last hours.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2015
From 1858 to 1862 chief commissioner of crown lands in the Cartier-Macdonald government; amongst some of his important measures was the system of selling townships en bloc, and the opening up and improvement of roads.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
