the masses

NOUN

commonality

Synonyms

STRONG

common commonalty commoner pleb plebeian populace public

WEAK

hoi polloi third estate

NOUN

commonalty

Synonyms

STRONG

common commonality commoner pleb plebeian populace public

WEAK

hoi polloi third estate

NOUN

grassroots

Synonyms

WEAK

Middle America common people hoi polloi laboring class middle class proletariat rank and file wage-earners working class working people

NOUN

hoi polloi

Synonyms

WEAK

Middle America common people commonality commoners great unwashed huddled masses infrastructure masses multitude plebians proletariat rabble rank and file riffraff the common people the herd the many the multitude the proletariat the working class vulgus

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By analyzing these patterns, researchers could estimate important characteristics of the hidden binary, including the masses of the black holes and details of their orbital evolution.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Greensill had grandiose ambitions, believing he could bring supply-chain finance to the masses using technology to digitize paper invoices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

This is meant not as a concerto in which the soloist stands as an individual against the masses but, rather, as a partner.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

“What these guys have done is do the thing that prediction markets before have not done well, which is bring the masses to the market,” she said.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

I breathe a sigh to be out of the masses, but it is not a sigh of relief.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

the masses

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