the herd
noun
: common people : people as a group
He always sticks with the herd and does what the others do.
I refuse to follow the herd.
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Separating the weakling from the herd only heightened their fear.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Brittany, who came to the zoo in 2001, and Belle, who joined the herd in 2019.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
That layer, today mostly comprised of middle managers, is being thinned from the herd.
—George Pesansky, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
We are told that politics is for cowards, literary analysis is for women, education is a system of liberal indoctrination, brave individuals must resist the herd.
—Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Brittany, who came to the zoo in 2001, and Belle, who joined the herd in 2019.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
That layer, today mostly comprised of middle managers, is being thinned from the herd.
—George Pesansky, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
We are told that politics is for cowards, literary analysis is for women, education is a system of liberal indoctrination, brave individuals must resist the herd.
—Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the herd
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“The herd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20herd. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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