the masses

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The French Revolution introduced the masses to European history, but the people were already there.

From The Wall Street Journal

Julia Child may have represented a cultural milestone, but she wasn’t the first chef to reach out to the masses.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chronicling his stint in Utah’s Arches National Park in the late ‘50s, Abbey’s bestselling memoir revealed the beauty and fragility of the Southwest to a wider American audience, depicting the punishing weather and awe-inspiring vistas while thundering against the masses of lookie-loos driving into the desert only to despoil it. It’s often likened to “Walden,” but Abbey’s flinty, darkly humorous voice gave Western literature a tone distinct from East Coast gentility and folksy cowboy writing.

From Los Angeles Times

Altman bragged about how ChatGPT has more free users in the state of Texas alone than Claude has total users, and he spoke of spreading A.I. to the masses.

From Slate

Videogames were first brought to the masses by two men: Ralph Baer and Nolan Bushnell.

From The Wall Street Journal