en bloc
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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When there are, they’re removed en bloc, field-jacketed in plaster and taken back to the museum for definitive uncovering.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2017
“In a piecemeal way we’ve been doing that for years, but now we can take it en bloc and I don’t mind telling you we’re rather excited.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2015
The en bloc type, they can last hours.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2015
Those new union members should, however, be encouraged to join individually, and not en bloc, as has been claimed.
From The Guardian • May 16, 2013
Author, to his writings partial, Musters their array en bloc, Which the Simpkins will not Marshall, And the Elliot will not Stock.
From Verse and Worse by Graham, Harry
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