as in swarm
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a horde of mosquitoes hordes of tourists from the cruise ship crowded the shops and cafes
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Recent Examples of horde
Reserve a table at Agricola for a grown-up, farm-to-table meal, or follow the hordes of students for a hoagie at Olives.
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Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
Why, for example, have some humanoid robot makers announced overly optimistic deployment targets and boosted production capacity well ahead of specific humanoid robot safety standards, high reliability, decent battery life, or demand for hordes of humanoids?
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025
This weekend’s Chiefs game — which ended in the Kansas City team defeating the Ravens 37-20 — marked the second match-up Swift has attended this season without being spotted by the usual horde of fans and cameras that used to flock to her on game days.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
If a rocky Dart debut sends hordes of Giants fans scrambling for higher emotional ground, NBC could veer back into 2012 Ryder Cup territory.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
Why, for example, have some humanoid robot makers announced overly optimistic deployment targets and boosted production capacity well ahead of specific humanoid robot safety standards, high reliability, decent battery life, or demand for hordes of humanoids?
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025
This weekend’s Chiefs game — which ended in the Kansas City team defeating the Ravens 37-20 — marked the second match-up Swift has attended this season without being spotted by the usual horde of fans and cameras that used to flock to her on game days.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
If a rocky Dart debut sends hordes of Giants fans scrambling for higher emotional ground, NBC could veer back into 2012 Ryder Cup territory.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horde
Noun
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There was a swarm of Cowboy fans out in front, not Jet fans, Cowboy fans, and the entire stadium was brimming with the enthusiasm of Cowboys and certainly late in the game.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2025
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The authors suggest future iterations could work in swarms, share threat data via secure networks, and even collaborate with human security personnel in hybrid teams.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dwindled in size from the thousands of Nebraska fans who took over this stadium in fourth quarter on Saturday, the throng still numbered hundreds outside of the gates near the Huskers’ locker room some 50 minutes after the game ended.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Last November, in Lima's cemetery of El Sauce, throngs of people crowded around graves bringing food and drink to the deceased during Dia de Todos los Santos, or All Saints' Day.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Arsenal kept the ball for another minute and quietened the home crowd to get a better feel for the game.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The unconventional thriller played like gangbusters to the buzzing New York crowd.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hollywood and music’s biggest stars flock to Norton’s famous red sofa, with the show returning on Friday with a line-up that included Taylor Swift and Cillian Murphy.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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Those concerns became reality when Reggie began attacking the resident flock.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
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The bench mob would be led by five-time All-Star John Wall, plus shooting specialist/famous dad Dell Curry and Miami Heat lifer Udonis Haslem.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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This means that the harms of AI may accrue more for poorer countries in terms of social media damaging elections, fueling mob violence, or leading to bad public health outcomes.—
John Wihbey,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Horde.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horde. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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