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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a huge crowd of fans was on hand to greet the returning World Series champions
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as in community
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
the fashionable crowd at the polo tournament
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as in populace
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
no national leader was ever more hated by the crowd
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as in to huddle
to gather into a closely packed group
everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents
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Recent Examples of crowd
Ed Meza, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
Porto, Portugal Another top European city that shines in spring for fewer crowds and lower costs is Porto, Portugal.
—Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Even as the sport tilts further toward the much-wealthier programs, locals here still choose to endure gnarly traffic and crowd onto State’s hilltop campus to watch Mountain West Conference men’s competition.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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Noun
For Filmax, Díaz’s work looks set to be a major crowd pleaser.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
Porto, Portugal Another top European city that shines in spring for fewer crowds and lower costs is Porto, Portugal.
—Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
Situated roughly nine miles outside the center of Rome, these sites draw only a tiny fraction of the number of people that crowd the Colosseum, so visiting them is a much more relaxed experience.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Even as the sport tilts further toward the much-wealthier programs, locals here still choose to endure gnarly traffic and crowd onto State’s hilltop campus to watch Mountain West Conference men’s competition.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors, police and FBI officials say Balat and Kayumi drove from Pennsylvania to New York City and joined a throng of counterprotesters at the rally, whose organizer, far-right activist Jake Lang, is a critic of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat and the first Muslim to hold the office.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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The wagon proceeded slowly down Mott Street as throngs of Chinese and white passersby stopped to watch.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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Beginning on the evening of March 2, Jewish communities around the world observed the holiday of Purim.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Word of Stanton’s comments spread through an outraged suffrage community.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The seeming absoluteness of scientific thinking may predispose many medical practitioners or public health workers to assume the populace trust them, that evidential claims naturally validate interventions — no further Q&A needed.—
Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
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That combination makes for a happy society and ensures a populace that drives a productive economy for years to come.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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But in recent days, this small patch of green has been visited by a stream of mourners seeking to pay their respects to two little girls who were found there stuffed inside suitcases and buried in shallow graves.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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Heat backup center Kel’el Ware proved to be an effective fill-in for Adebayo on Thursday, stuffing the box score with 16 points, 11 rebounds, five steals and seven blocks in 32 minutes in the win.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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This natural sculpting resulted in stunning sandstone formations that amaze visitors who flock to the site, which is free and open to the public year-round.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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History of Polo in Wellington Wellington has been a polo capital since the rich and rarified began flocking to the Palm Beaches in the 1920s.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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With bombs raining down on Iraq, A-listers huddled with their teams to figure out the right note to strike.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2026
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The final days of our ordeal blurred into a nightmare of torment, wandering while daylight lasted and huddling under open shelters at night, shaking with cold.—
Elwyn "Bud" Myers,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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By processing large volumes of data quickly, AI can help determine which drones represent actual threats and which might be acting as decoys within a swarm.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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The mounting toll has intensified concerns over how to counter drone swarms without depleting interceptor stockpiles that cost millions of dollars each to replace.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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That’s a whole four days to stock up on a bunch of new dresses.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
12 Mar. 2026
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On gossip website Just Jared’s Instagram page, which shared the statement, trolls had a field day in the comments section, and Heigl actually took the time to respond to a bunch of them.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Crowd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowd. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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