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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
Literary Hub,
30 June 2026
These early holiday weekend discounts are giving you a second chance to get epic, party-ready upgrades without battling grocery store crowds for the last pack of hot dog buns.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
Lucy Boyle,
Curbed,
1 July 2026
After each stop, Grande’s accounts post a recap closing out that city's costumes, guest appearances, and crowd moments before the tour moves to the next market.
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Olivia Shalhoup,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Noun
The previous year, troubled by the growing belligerence of the internet crowd, Atkin had enrolled in self-defense training in her neighborhood.
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Literary Hub,
30 June 2026
These early holiday weekend discounts are giving you a second chance to get epic, party-ready upgrades without battling grocery store crowds for the last pack of hot dog buns.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
Verb
It’s located in Montauk next to the Amsterdam Beach trailhead and is rarely crowded, even in summer.
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Lucy Boyle,
Curbed,
1 July 2026
After each stop, Grande’s accounts post a recap closing out that city's costumes, guest appearances, and crowd moments before the tour moves to the next market.
—
Olivia Shalhoup,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowd
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Norway fans kept up a steady patter of chants and song throughout the early innings, a display that prompted SNY field reporter Steve Gelbs to brave the throng.
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Others hung out on apartment patios overhead as the two orange buses and a throng of people at least eight blocks in length passed by.
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To address those concerns, Hulls has committed roughly $15 million to establish the Good Luck Fund, which acquires and preserves properties considered important to the community.
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The listening sessions come after the Board of Managers has made a concerted effort to create a more transparent experience for parents and the community since they were appointed by the TEA in March.
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But the show repeatedly undercuts that point of view by halfway reinforcing the age-old American assumption that crime is born of poor individual choices among an uncivilized populace, not of poverty, desperation, and preservation, both self and communal.
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Walk our entire populace there and have the tools to be able to accomplish that.
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All explore Sicilian heart and heritage through Canadian ingredients, evident in dishes like smart pinwheels of bucatini stuffed with sea urchin and rock crab and crisped to order.
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Her feed is stuffed with photos of her biking, skiing, climbing, working out, often in outfits from Skinfit, from which her followers can get ten per cent off.
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The siblings dominated the sport for decades and fans will once again flock to SW19 to see the two living legends in action.
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No strike date has been announced as of yet, but the vote arrives at the start of summer, the time of year when New York museums typically see their highest attendance as vacationers flock to the city from around the world.
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Mary Bis, senior director of emergency management for Amtrak, told a group of passengers huddled inside the gym of Northwestern High School that the crash was under federal investigation.
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In downtown Caracas, hundreds of people spent the night huddled in parks, parking lots and other open spaces.
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Their strategy focuses on low-cost drone swarms, maximizing pilot effectiveness.
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Every wedding, every cherry blossom season in Japan, every birth, reactor accidents too, swarms of insects, kittens playing with woolen balls, people disfigured by war, palm trees at sunset—five billion photos a day.
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At the end of the first half of this double episode, Elizabeth Gaines (Linda Purl), advisor to the Vice President, is shot by sniper Tom Walker (Chris Chalk), Brody's fellow POW—and the VP and a bunch of other important people are put in a bunker along with Brody, who plans to blow them all up.
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Her must-have product out of the bunch is this plumping and firming serum.
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“Crowd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowd. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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