The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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All these tasks required master craftsmen, masons, architects and artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"We have no-one to work in the hotels, drive our buses or work in construction; we don't have masons or mechanics," warns Francis Candil, deputy minister for welfare.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
The tiles must be removed by trained masons, and Save the Tiles now has four crews ready every day, made up of volunteers and workers whose employers are covering their wages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025
Last summer, the first five women graduated from that state’s program, a partnership between the corrections department and the ironworkers, bricklayers and cement masons unions, which offer direct or preferred entry to graduates.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
Some part was always about to fall down, and for five generations the same family, the Parslows, had been employed full time by the College as masons and scaffolders.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
