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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
Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Researchers have found elevated levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, in herds exposed to wolves.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Ward and several others herded the third deer toward the shore and used a rope to pull the doe out of the water, according to the police department.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Engineers have also had to consider the social dynamics within a herd.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Researchers have found elevated levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, in herds exposed to wolves.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
And then they were herded into crowded mass jail cells with prisoners with tattooed faces and musclebound bodies.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Ward and several others herded the third deer toward the shore and used a rope to pull the doe out of the water, according to the police department.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herd
Noun
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They are obliged to keep their flocks penned up, spending hundreds of dollars each month on animal feed.—
Taylor Luck,
Christian Science Monitor,
16 May 2025
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Any time a bird gets sick, the entire flock is killed to help keep bird flu from spreading.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Most of the initiatives looked good on paper but were largely ignored by the populace.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 May 2025
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No one can say for sure how this is going to affect the populace on a near-term and long-term basis.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Like his previous court appearances, throngs of fans showed up to support Mangione outside the courthouse in Lower Manhattan, many waiting in line to secure a spot for viewing the proceedings.—
Ben Brachfeld,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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After each vote, the ballots are burned and smoke is released from the Sistine Chapel's chimney as a signal to the throngs holding vigil in St. Peter's Square.—
Phoebe Natanson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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About 150 students and 50 adults were evacuated from an elementary school in Maryland after hours of heavy rains driven by an atmospheric river caused major flooding in multiple eastern states.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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The hedge fund founder is betting on a global deficit of methanol to increase over the next three years, requiring the U.S. to increase production and drive higher methanol prices.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Daniel: Of course, this year, the passing of Pope Francis has brought additional crowds of pilgrims and mourners.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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This was a crowd of critics and journalists from around the world.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Standardized, recoverable platforms simplify coordination since the swarm could be comprised of one drone type, with different drones carrying different payloads.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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In the 1840s, Maryland physician Gideon Smith took a shine to cicada tracking and began crowd-sourcing sightings, writing to newspapers and asking locals to contact him with reports of the emergence of new cicada swarms.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
8 May 2025
Noun
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But the American public is bound to be particularly sensitive to the functioning of our transportation infrastructure.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The idea has drawn some criticism, including the observation that the U.S. public has been getting along just fine all these years without such an advocate.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Romance has always been a popular genre, but is often stigmatized for the same reason hordes of people seek it out: its set rules.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2025
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Untold hordes more have traditionally surrounded the court while standing.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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“Herd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herd. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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