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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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Recent Examples of crowd
On Sunday, crowds of people gathered to honor the victims of last year's attack on a march for Israeli hostages.
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 June 2026
But this crowd - predominantly middle-aged and male - had nothing but unmitigated adoration for Rush’s music and appreciation for the opportunity to experience it live again.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026
The shows are carefully created to suit all ages — the kind of shows where some lines go over kids’ heads and hit the funnybones of an older crowd.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
Troost shooting leaves nine injured Kansas City police officers responded to a call reporting the sound of gunfire and arrived to find a large crowd leaving the area.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 June 2026
But this crowd - predominantly middle-aged and male - had nothing but unmitigated adoration for Rush’s music and appreciation for the opportunity to experience it live again.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026
The shows are carefully created to suit all ages — the kind of shows where some lines go over kids’ heads and hit the funnybones of an older crowd.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
Troost shooting leaves nine injured Kansas City police officers responded to a call reporting the sound of gunfire and arrived to find a large crowd leaving the area.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowd
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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One, a pediatric ER doctor, wrapped his arm in a makeshift tourniquet and stuffed the wound to staunch the bleeding while others called for help.—
Los Angeles Times,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
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One, a pediatric ER doctor, wrapped his arm in a makeshift tourniquet and stuffed the wound to staunch the bleeding while others called for help.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
Verb
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Throughout the nineteenth century, American sculptors flocked to the Eternal City to be closer to the source—to the abundance of antiquities but also to the Apuan Alps in the north, with their marble quarries.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Although tourists flock the Freedom Trail, this pedestrian path coincides with the day-to-day rush of downtown Boston.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 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
Noun
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With the front line barely moving as swarms of drones hinder advances, both sides have sought an edge by launching long-range strikes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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On a recent Wednesday night, a swarm of teenagers on a class trip filed into a pristine theater at one of the world’s most vaunted cultural venues and sat down to solve a murder.—
Elahe Izadi,
Washington Post,
6 June 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
Cite this Entry
“Crowd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowd. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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