en bloc
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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“They were just informing me as to what they were going to do, as members do all the time. That they did it en bloc made it very, very important.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2019
“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
No one stepped forward, and it was evident that either there were no Boers among the number, or they mistrusted the assurances of Colonel Pilcher, and preferred to meet their fate en bloc.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Louis Creswicke
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