Bloc and Set

Bloc

Bloc noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.

Usage example: a whole bloc of students got together to complain

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Set and bloc are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a noun "Bloc".

Nearby Word: block

Set noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.

Usage example: the younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale

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Bloc and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bloc" instead a noun "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

old	old bloc	old set
particular	particular bloc	particular set
single	single bloc	single set
small	small bloc	small set
Other adjectives: powerful, entire, main, new, different.

There's even an entire season set in an alternate universe, where the Vin Shriak destroyed the Federation and it was the Eastern Bloc that picked up the pieces and became the Middle Kingdom.

Source: Tabletop Game / Tech Infantry
It's basically a Wretched Hive set up by a Mad Scientist for every loser in the Soviet bloc to use as a play pen.

Source: Video Game / Strike Series
It parodies Space Opera with a healthy admixture of Soap Opera set in "Anachera", a time period where no particular power bloc holds sway.

Source: Comic Book / Starstruck

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