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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
Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
If Hatfield could garner such a crowd, Boyle reckoned consumers might be interested in Moore’s Columbia lore — and now the brand is in the retro business.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
He was seen smiling almost out of disbelief as the Dolphins crowd at Hard Rock Stadium cheered for their speedy wide receiver, who acknowledged them as the cart drove to the tunnel.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
In a morning session at the Sam Walton Hall at Walmart's new headquarters campus, Dunning was among several business owners called to the stage to practice their pitches before a crowd of other supplier hopefuls.
—Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
If Hatfield could garner such a crowd, Boyle reckoned consumers might be interested in Moore’s Columbia lore — and now the brand is in the retro business.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
Overseas expansion may help Robinhood take greater market share at a time when the US prediction markets space is growing increasingly crowded.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
He was seen smiling almost out of disbelief as the Dolphins crowd at Hard Rock Stadium cheered for their speedy wide receiver, who acknowledged them as the cart drove to the tunnel.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowd
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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With support from the ADG Community Journalism Project, LEARNS reporter Josh Snyder covers the impact of the law on the K-12 education system across the state, and its effect on teachers, students, parents and communities.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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Open to the public, this year's home tour will highlight five new and remodeled homes in the Prospect and Louisville Metro communities.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 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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This recipe has cabbage leaves stuffed with a delicious mixture of meat, pork, and rice.—
Emma Ashe,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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The pasta is stuffed with a huitlacoche and parmesan paste in a dish that is meant to showcase the full lifecycle of corn.—
Sara Rosenthal,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Autumn might be in the air, but that doesn’t mean tourists have stopped flocking to Europe—quite the opposite, in fact.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
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While Nashville has grown by leaps and bounds, so have its smaller surrounding cities, as people flock to the suburbs, eager to enjoy small-town charm while staying close to the conveniences of a major metro.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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But a small group of lawmakers from both parties has been huddling in more informal talks.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Huskies were huddling throughout the game but strategically sprinting to the line of scrimmage and snapping the ball quickly to catch the Buckeyes off-guard.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 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
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On the software front, Amazon's baked in a bunch of AI features.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2025
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The paper is a new way of combining a bunch of ideas that are already out there, but the method hasn’t yet been proven at scale.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Crowd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowd. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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