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
Sunday morning, Barber spoke at Tabernacle Baptist Church, the site of the first mass meeting of the voting rights movement.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
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
Lafayette told other Freedom Riders to make sure they had a partner when they got off the bus, and to meet at First Baptist Church for a mass meeting that night if they got separated.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2020
I had never met him before except to shake his hand in line after a mass meeting.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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