mass observation

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noun

mainly British (sometimes capitals) the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc

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Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.
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Beyond the huge American flag that hung over the street, the mile-long mass of cops ended.
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“The United States had gone to war declaring it must destroy an active weapons of mass destruction program,” the Times reported.
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Google itself has taken a break and put plans for mass production on hold.
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A colleague overheard two conservative Mass. lawmakers talking about what “the gays” could do.
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Charred beams and blackened walls showed stark and gaunt in the glow of a smoldering mass of wreckage.
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With Bacon, experientia does not always mean observation; and may mean either experience or experiment.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
A delightful instance of this fell under my own observation, as I was walking on Hampstead Heath.
Children's Ways|James Sully
But hitherto, before these new ideas began to spread in our community, the mass of men and women definitely settled down.
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He, therefore, did as he said; made no further observation, but conducted himself to his young friend with grave distance.
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