en bloc
Example Sentences
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When there are, they’re removed en bloc, field-jacketed in plaster and taken back to the museum for definitive uncovering.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 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
Hibbard, 29, and his colleagues were retained en bloc for this weekend's Six Nations game after their heroics against France in Paris the Saturday before last.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2013
In very early times it is probable that foreign gentes were adopted en bloc into the Roman Commonwealth.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew
