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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky
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as in populace
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
the nation's idle rich frolicked while the multitude starved
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Recent Examples of multitude
Since then, Martínez and her team have uncovered a multitude of artifacts, including the long tunnel located 43 feet (13 meters) beneath Taposiris Magna discovered in 2022.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Colorado's commitment to accessibility From jeep tours in Cañon City that offer American Sign Language to the Colorado Trail Explorer mobile app detailing accessible trails, Colorado offers a multitude of ways for travelers with disabilities to explore the stunning nature for which it's known.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Cotton turned up in a multitude of runway shows throughout New York Fashion Week.
—Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Scholars intuited a link between the celestial and earthly multitudes.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Colorado's commitment to accessibility From jeep tours in Cañon City that offer American Sign Language to the Colorado Trail Explorer mobile app detailing accessible trails, Colorado offers a multitude of ways for travelers with disabilities to explore the stunning nature for which it's known.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Cotton turned up in a multitude of runway shows throughout New York Fashion Week.
—Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Scholars intuited a link between the celestial and earthly multitudes.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multitude
Noun
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Each fall, the otherwise unassuming destination, which has a population of about 11,000, lures in throngs of travelers looking for thrills and hauntings.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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The streams from his time in San Francisco, Oakland, and the nation’s capital did indeed feature some of the more frenzied throngs of people screaming his name and reaching out to touch him, held back only by a cadre of burly bodyguards.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
5 Oct. 2025
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As a result, their popularity is reflective of political and national sympathies among the populace in Mary’s time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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This willingness of the AI to heap praise and act as a sycophant has worrying consequences for the populace as a whole.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Arsenal kept the ball for another minute and quietened the home crowd to get a better feel for the game.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The unconventional thriller played like gangbusters to the buzzing New York crowd.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hollywood and music’s biggest stars flock to Norton’s famous red sofa, with the show returning on Friday with a line-up that included Taylor Swift and Cillian Murphy.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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Those concerns became reality when Reggie began attacking the resident flock.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
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Gallego urged the traveling public to be kind to airport workers.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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While his core supporters remain loyal, sustained disapproval among the broader public could weaken his leverage in negotiations with Congress and erode confidence in his leadership.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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There was a swarm of Cowboy fans out in front, not Jet fans, Cowboy fans, and the entire stadium was brimming with the enthusiasm of Cowboys and certainly late in the game.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2025
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The authors suggest future iterations could work in swarms, share threat data via secure networks, and even collaborate with human security personnel in hybrid teams.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Regardless, with your trusty pulse rifle, blasting through the horde never gets too stale, and the 'bullet-sponginess' some have criticized actually feels right for monsters that are meant to be fearsome.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Reserve a table at Agricola for a grown-up, farm-to-table meal, or follow the hordes of students for a hoagie at Olives.—
Sarah Buder,
AFAR Media,
2 Oct. 2025
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The mass infections and mass deaths, however, are conspicuously missing.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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High-profile mass shootings continue to rock the city.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Multitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multitude. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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