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the masses

NOUN
commonality
Synonyms
STRONG
common commonalty commoner pleb plebeian populace public
WEAK
hoi polloi third estate
NOUN
commonalty
Synonyms
STRONG
common commonality commoner pleb plebeian populace public
WEAK
hoi polloi third estate
NOUN
grassroots
Synonyms
WEAK
Middle America common people hoi polloi laboring class middle class proletariat rank and file wage-earners working class working people
NOUN
hoi polloi
Synonyms
WEAK
Middle America common people commonality commoners great unwashed huddled masses infrastructure masses multitude plebians proletariat rabble rank and file riffraff the common people the herd the many the multitude the proletariat the working class vulgus

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She wrote thousands of songs, but it was television that made her most popular ones, and her, accessible to the masses.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Or how to make boat restoration interesting to the masses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The area was really busy and popular with tourists who stay in the masses of Airbnbs.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

I never begrudge anyone who is a millionaire or billionaire his money—he or she has developed vital products for the masses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Pitzer led diem down the grass, pointed to a flat space just above the road, the masses of guns and wagons, in plain sight of the headquarters.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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