as in people
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
the masses demanded the elimination of tax breaks for the rich
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as in accumulates
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masses
Noun
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The Kansas City Star 816-234-4431 Eric Adler, at The Star since 1985, has the luxury of writing about any topic or anyone, focusing on in-depth stories about people at both the center and on the fringes of the news.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2025 -
The storm wrecked more than 200 ships, killed over 700 people, and shocked a nation reliant on the sea for its economic and military strength.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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After allies use Basic ATK or Ultimate to attack enemy targets, every enemy target hit additionally accumulates 3 Grit Value for allies.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Three-way ties are determined by the lowest amount of seed points a team accumulates in its pool play victories.—
Darren Sabedra,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Footage of the building’s demise shows crowds of onlookers running away from the rubble in panic.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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To keep afloat, Arsenal had to qualify for the Champions League three times during that five years and attract a regular crowd of at least 54,000 in their new 60,000 stadium.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Dorothy's entourage accompanying her through Oz includes the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow, much like Michelle's trek gathers the Kid Cosmo robot, Keats, and the quirky size-swapping 'bot called Herman.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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The department gathers nationwide education data, informing policy decisions and identifying achievement gaps.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In Weill’s opinion, composers educated in the classical tradition had lost touch with the broader public and sunk into obscurantism.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Given the isolationist tendencies of the U.S. public and Congress in the pre-war years—best exemplified by passage of the neutrality laws in the mid 1930s—Roosevelt’s ability to counter the economic autarky and expansionist aims of fascist Germany, Italy, and Japan was severely limited.—
Time,
Time,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In contrast to the anti-immigrant rhetoric emanating from the White House, the survey of 800 California voters portrays a populace that values the contributions of immigrants, regardless of legal status, and believes their well-being is intertwined with a well-functioning state.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Their exodus leaves behind a populace that, like in the Weimar Republic, dismisses each authoritarian advance as temporary, necessary—or even more astonishing, somehow contained.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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After Lula took office, a mob of some four thousand Bolsonaro supporters gathered in the same plaza where Wanderley later blew himself up.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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There’s a, well, creepy scene with a mob of Creepers, which are essentially dead-eyed plant creatures.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Masses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masses. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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