in droves

idiom

: in large quantities
People came in droves to hear her sing.

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This is happening even as for-sale inventory has surged above pre-pandemic levels and is now at a 14-year high—proving that more options are not enough to encourage buyers to return to the market in droves. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025 Construction workers stayed home in droves, roofing and drywall jobs halted, nannies refused to take their young charges to parks and some normally busy neighborhoods became sudden ghost towns. Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 4 July 2025 Teachers worry funding cuts will affect jobs, student services Just 12 hours before senators voted, teachers from across the state came to the Statehouse in droves to demand no further cuts be made to funding for traditional public schools. Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 In some regions, CEO Elon Musk's right-wing politics have driven away customers in droves. ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for in droves

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“In droves.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20droves. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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