en masse
adverb
äⁿ(n)-ˈmas 
-ˈmäs
än-
-ˈmäs
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: in a body : as a whole
moved the inmates en masse to the new prison
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Her supporters arrived en masse for the rally.
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To the thousands of Syrians who lost loved ones, or were tortured, imprisoned or displaced by the Assad regime, their homeland had become a crime scene from which the top suspects disappeared en masse.
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Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
With Week 6 wrapping up across the NFL, the league has reached the point of the season where coaches start to get fired en masse.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Shuford said that current actions risk not only failing to return furniture jobs en masse to the United States, but damaging the industry’s reputation overseas to the point that young people in Asia opt to work in call centers and electronics instead.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The elder Mamdani grew up in Uganda, in East Africa, in a community of Ugandans of Indian descent, known as the Bayindi, who played a prominent role in the country until Idi Amin expelled them en masse in 1972.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
With Week 6 wrapping up across the NFL, the league has reached the point of the season where coaches start to get fired en masse.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Shuford said that current actions risk not only failing to return furniture jobs en masse to the United States, but damaging the industry’s reputation overseas to the point that young people in Asia opt to work in call centers and electronics instead.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The elder Mamdani grew up in Uganda, in East Africa, in a community of Ugandans of Indian descent, known as the Bayindi, who played a prominent role in the country until Idi Amin expelled them en masse in 1972.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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“En masse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20masse. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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en masse
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: in a body : as a whole
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