the crowd

noun

: ordinary people : people who are not viewed or treated as special or unusual
kids trying to distinguish themselves from the crowd
She prefers to be one of the crowd.

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Mother and daughter rose with the crowd in the 81st minute as a cross from the Summit’s Caron Pickett was headed just wide over the left post by Melissa Kossler. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026 Dunn pointed to when Bannon tried to rally the crowd on the main stage at CPAC around the war in Iran, but was met with a lackluster response. Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026 At the Morristown Municipal Building in New Jersey, an oversized inflatable frog danced at the head of the crowd. Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026 It was finally silenced, to cheers from the crowd, but then the main scoreboard and video screen that hangs over the middle of the court went dark. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the crowd

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“The crowd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20crowd. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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