gaggle

noun

Definition of gagglenext
as in swarm

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Recent Examples of gaggle In 2024, the Kardashian-Jenners rang in Shannon’s 90th birthday in style, with a party attended by a gaggle from the family’s youngest generation. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026 Melissa Ruggieri and Liz Schubauer A gaggle of country music stars was spotted in New York ahead of the wedding. — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026 Harrington takes questions after becoming mayor Harrington took questions from a gaggle of news outlets after his speech. — Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026 László Moholy-Nagy hovers low over a gaggle of pigeons, suspending the viewer uneasily between protector and predator. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gaggle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaggle
  1. swarm
  2. school
  3. pod
  4. covey
  5. plump
  6. colony
Noun
  • Nature evolved swarm intelligence in species like bees and fish.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The band quits when the director releases a swarm of bees onto the set (the original clip featured dogs), only to be replaced by look-alikes.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of swarm
Noun
  • States typically decide which vaccines are required for school attendance, but Covid-19 vaccines are not on any of these lists.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Almanza was charged with threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property and is currently being held on a $1 million bond in the Faulkner County jail.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of school
Noun
  • Popular coffee brands, Nespresso and Keurig, offer pod recycling programs to reduce single-use waste.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2026
  • Its TPUs are already optimized around large-scale inference economics, and recent Google work on TPU inference has emphasized meaningful tokens-per-second gains from better inference techniques on TPU pods.
    — Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of pod
Noun
  • The reserve’s rich plant community features wildflowers in the spring and visitors can see the California quail gathered in coveys in the early mornings of fall and winter.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The two were part of a group quail hunting at a ranch in Texas when Cheney fired at a covey of quail, not realizing Whittington, who stayed behind to collect shot birds, had approached.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of covey
Noun
  • Lightweight creams like this one feel like nothing on the skin, all while delivering the perfect amount of hydration to keep my complexion plump and glowy.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 18 July 2026
  • They can also be rehydrated (soaked in water until plump) and added to salsas, sauces, or anything else that may benefit from their slightly sweet flavor.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
Definition of plump
Noun
  • Other common reasons include leaving a window open, a cat or dog bringing a bat inside, vegetation blocking the entrance to a bat’s usual roost, or a colony being excluded from its roost and searching for shelter, Donnelly explains.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The notion of zombies went back to that Caribbean nation’s days as a European colony, when huge numbers of largely African slaves were brutally disciplined and frequently worked to death by a white-settler minority.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
Definition of colony

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