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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The barbecue wave hits New York, with pit spots like Blue Smoke, Daisy Mays, Hill Country and Fette Sau joining the herd.
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New York Times, 7 May 2025
Besides maintaining their dominance at the top of the herd, the current generation of Lely robots doesn’t interact much with the cows, but that’s changing, Jacobs tells me.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
Everyone has narrowed down their options to two or three singles, so Mark L. Walberg makes the couples thin the herd again.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
The train driver told the Associated Press in October that the herd of nearly 20 elephants suddenly tried to cross over the railway track.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
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New York Times, 7 May 2025
Besides maintaining their dominance at the top of the herd, the current generation of Lely robots doesn’t interact much with the cows, but that’s changing, Jacobs tells me.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
Everyone has narrowed down their options to two or three singles, so Mark L. Walberg makes the couples thin the herd again.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
The train driver told the Associated Press in October that the herd of nearly 20 elephants suddenly tried to cross over the railway track.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 20 Feb. 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 22 May. 2025.
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