en bloc

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

Then there are en bloc blackouts, in which memory is totally disabled.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2015

Epicurus, therefore, adopted the atomism of Democritus en bloc, or with trifling modifications.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)