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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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It was the stock ticker’s 1869 introduction that brought trading, legal and illicit, to the masses.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

West didn’t just embody feminist fat acceptance; she made it cool and brought it to the masses.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

It said it would introduce new rules to tackle fraud and a lack of transparency in funeral pricing to "reduce the burden of funerals on the masses".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It tries to control who gets the latest tech before unleashing it on the masses.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

I showed up, I did the work, I dealt with the dependable, unrelenting microaggressions from the masses that influenced the emotional weather patterns of my day.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi