mass meeting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mass meeting
An Americanism dating back to 1725–35
Example Sentences
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In mid-July, the bargaining will gather serious momentum when the union holds a mass meeting and strike authorization vote at T-Mobile Park.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Louis Lloyd Anderson, then-pastor of Tabernacle, agreed to open the church’s doors for the movement’s first mass meeting.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021
On this date in 1861, declaring that Arizona had been deserted and left to the Apaches by the federal government, 68 citizens held a mass meeting in Tucson and voted to join the Confederacy.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2020
The first mass meeting of the organisation last month drew 1,000 people to Westminster and blocked roads for two hours.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2018
The MIA network was unveiled in detail at a mass meeting on December 12.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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