batch
noun
a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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The students who lived in Heidelberg had us meet their families, and those who were batching in Heidelberg often had us come to their rooms.
From An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Parker, Cornelia Stratton