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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
Gary Bedore
june 1, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
The summer crowds begin to disperse, water temperatures remain high and charter rates often become more attractive.
—Katia Damborsky, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
David Williams, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Many more friends and tavern regulars crowded into the room to find out how the board would vote with regard to Plyler’s agreement.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
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Noun
Kansas junior slugger Tyson LeBlanc was named most outstanding player of the NCAA Baseball Regional held Thursday through Sunday before school-record crowds at Hoglund Ballpark.
—Gary Bedore
june 1, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
The summer crowds begin to disperse, water temperatures remain high and charter rates often become more attractive.
—Katia Damborsky, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Verb
Here’s what the facility, located on a busy arterial crowded with large commercial vehicles, has looked like this week.
—David Williams, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Many more friends and tavern regulars crowded into the room to find out how the board would vote with regard to Plyler’s agreement.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowd
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Walking among this throng of floating color balls is surreal and well worth the drive.—
Shauna Farnell,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
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The attacks came as public officials and lawmakers have been planning to deal with throngs of visitors for the World Cup, which is slated to start next month with seven matches in Foxborough at Gillette Stadium.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
23 May 2026
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This will be a way for the Vogue Business community to synthesize and reflect on the latest headlines and get a little inside scoop every Friday.—
Elektra Kotsoni,
Vogue,
5 June 2026
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Many in the mountaineering community have hailed Hillary Dawa’s survival as miraculous.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Gentile da Foligno in Perugia Italy was one of the few regions in Latin Christendom where physicians organized into guilds in the fourteenth century and thus routinely treated the general populace, rather than merely the wealthier mercantile and aristocratic classes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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No matter what happens, the Islamic Republic will not have an easy time reigning over its exhausted populace and rebuilding its economy and infrastructure.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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Its solution has involved stuffing pieces of solid foam into the gaps and then adding a sealant compound on top.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Facing set point again at 25-24, Francis Parker setter Iker Salgado stuffed an overpass kill attempt.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Who else is flocking to this hotel?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The whole goal is winning, and that’s what makes this place special … and why guys flock here.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Verb
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From the train windows, expect to spot the aquamarine waves of Ligurian Sea crashing against the stony coast, candy-colored houses huddled together on the hillsides, tiny wooden boats gliding through village harbors, and flecks of golden-sand beaches.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 June 2026
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An engineer overhears a sales call where a partner is requesting a specific feature and immediately huddles with the salesperson once the line clicks shut.—
Vikram Joshi,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Even advanced swarms often depend on stable communications and relatively simple coordination logic.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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Its journey is bringing it closer to both the middle of that swarm and some of the other individual galaxies in the cluster.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
30 May 2026
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The Paragon finds home on a Ford F-350, but rather than load in a bunch of extras from the gate, Supertramp keeps the base price down by making those extras optional.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 June 2026
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Speaking of the interior, massive kudos to Audi for not slapping a bunch of screens on the dash of this beauty.—
Jerry Perez,
The Drive,
4 June 2026
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“Crowd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowd. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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