en masse
Example Sentences
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One department store worker told the BBC that shoppers were being deterred by children "coming in en masse, creating noise and chaos".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“AI won’t replace people en masse but people with AI will replace people without AI,” Tan said, something he has repeatedly told employees at town halls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Police just moved in en masse toward protesters.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
But civilians are turning en masse to bitcoin, the world's leading cryptocurrency, which can be withdrawn from platforms and stored in personal wallets, beyond the authorities' reach.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Finally, with the sun beginning to decline behind the Olympic flame, a choir of thousands dressed in white rose en masse and began to sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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