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as in populace
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
aspire to achieve something, to distinguish yourself from the herd
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as in throng
a great number of persons or things massed together
gearing up for the herd of holiday shoppers at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving
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Recent Examples of herd
arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
Bird flu was detected in milk produced by a dairy herd in Maricopa County, according to the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
—Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Sauro was one of 150 young people at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington that evening who were herded onto buses halfway through the game to begin their overnight journey to Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
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Noun
Hiking trails, horse trails, paddling, and even viewing herds of wild elk are just a few of its attractions.
—arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
Bird flu was detected in milk produced by a dairy herd in Maricopa County, according to the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
—Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 4 July 2025
Verb
Implicitly, the troubles of the Texas Supreme Court in herding the wet cats of the lower Texas courts onto the right track would be alleviated were Texas to adopt the UPEPA.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Sauro was one of 150 young people at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington that evening who were herded onto buses halfway through the game to begin their overnight journey to Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herd
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The bird flu that's been killing flocks of wild birds and causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows across the United States has another unlikely victim: house cats.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
The Enquirer,
15 July 2025
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The department requires culling flocks — killing infected birds — to prevent the spread, which has further contributed to egg shortages across the country.—
Esther Sun,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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But the deeper concern goes beyond ice crystals, to the notion that government agencies are trying to poison the populace or affect weather patterns through geoengineering.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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And so, Frank and Dennis took to shaking down the populace after Frank sprang for two police uniforms, Dee beat the hell out of the unhoused masturbator, and Charlie seized upon his undercover Serpico cop role to attempt a series of stings on his fellow corrupt fake cops.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Last season, before the final home series, Getz spoke to a throng of media inside the tunnels of Rate Field in Chicago.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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Along with the headline-grabbing job culls in the federal government which began earlier this year, a throng of companies have already laid off workers so far in 2025, including Microsoft, UPS, Dell, BP and others.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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At its core, greed drives their pursuit of wealth and power.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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The incident, which occurred in June, is part of a growing trend of scams -- some of them driven by artificial intelligence -- targeting government officials and their staff through impersonation schemes.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
13 July 2025
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Jordynne Grace Blake Monroe cornered Jordynne Grace, who was a very popular with the Atlanta crowd.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Major matchups featuring top draft picks like Cooper Flagg might draw a more partisan crowd, but the rest of the tournament is made for milling about.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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The floor is peppered with spare knee pads and helmets, and a swarm of roller derby players outfitted in protective armor congregate in the center of the warehouse.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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If a task can be performed in more than one way by equal peers working together—much in the way an ant colony or swarm of bees works—then the system is resistant to censorship and hardware faults and has service continuity due to economic sustainability.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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In Gallup’s 2024 honesty and ethics survey, the general American public's trust in 11 core professions, when averaged, was at a historic low.—
Emily Reynolds,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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However, much of the American public didn’t buy that Epstein committed suicide.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 July 2025
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Forty-four years ago today, people who were already afraid of cities got the scare of their lives with the release of Escape From New York, John Carpenter's carceral fantasy starring an eyepatch-wearing Kurt Russell doing battle against anarchic hordes in a chaotic urban environment.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Now, the bulldozer is coming for the fortress-like Shops at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Dr., which in its heyday had a giant Virgin music store that drew celebrity visits, hordes of IMAX moviegoers, and customers swarming the stores day and night.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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“Herd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herd. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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