1
as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky
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2
as in populace
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
the nation's idle rich frolicked while the multitude starved
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Recent Examples of multitude
Scholars intuited a link between the celestial and earthly multitudes.
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Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
This bag has detachable straps to wear in a multitude of ways.
—Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Full elections incorporate a multipage ballot with not only all the candidates and positions for one to select but multitudes of special propositions, new laws and extra items to vote on.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
The previous week, Oli’s government had banned twenty-six social-media and messaging platforms—including Facebook and X—for failing to comply with elaborate regulations introduced, as a multitude of Nepalis saw it, to muzzle people’s speech.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
This bag has detachable straps to wear in a multitude of ways.
—Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Full elections incorporate a multipage ballot with not only all the candidates and positions for one to select but multitudes of special propositions, new laws and extra items to vote on.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
The previous week, Oli’s government had banned twenty-six social-media and messaging platforms—including Facebook and X—for failing to comply with elaborate regulations introduced, as a multitude of Nepalis saw it, to muzzle people’s speech.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multitude
Noun
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Saturdays for the throngs, rain or shine.—
Greg Mellen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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But there is no apparent mechanism to prevent those Hamas members from joining the throngs of Palestinians evacuating south.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This willingness of the AI to heap praise and act as a sycophant has worrying consequences for the populace as a whole.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Rather than unifying and pacifying a populace, this kind of media encouraged idiosyncratic, extreme views.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Ryder Cup is the one competition in golf that should be played in front of an intense, feverish crowd, the kind that can’t be captured by the virtual reality headsets European captain Luke Donald gave his players.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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As a result, Midway Rising will need to use off-site, overflow parking lots when events draw crowds greater than 7,500 people.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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And then a warbler pops up Back at Military Park, the group of birders flocks in semi-circle formation around a tall oak tree.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
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The rise of Saudi Arabia, just 15 miles away, has boosted its fortunes, too, as many expats based there flock to Bahrain on weekends given the more Western-style daily life.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
20 Sep. 2025
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Rumors about the Only Murders in the Building star's nuptials with Benny Blanco being this weekend turned out to be 100-percent true, and as soon as a few beautiful photos of the cute couple were green-lighted to be shared with the eager public, fans were double-tapping with tears in their eyes.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
27 Sep. 2025
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Flay and Williamson began dating earlier this year, taking their relationship public in March.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In a Taiwan contingency, the drones could be used in swarms for saturation strikes or as decoys to reveal air defense sites.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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Just three days after the drone swarm bombarded Polish air defense systems, a Russian drone crossed into Romanian airspace and prompted a French fighter jet and Polish helicopter to respond under NATO’s Operation Eastern Sentry – a defensive posture the alliance launched just one day prior.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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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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Your Toothbrush Toothbrushes are continually exposed to moisture, whether from being used in your mouth (something that naturally contains hordes of germs) or from being stored in a humid bathroom.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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Tamura, a Las Vegas casino worker, shot himself in the chest after a July 28 mass shooting that killed a police officer, a security guard and two others who worked inside the building.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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But the fight grew more volatile this week, after the White House budget office ordered agencies to prepare mass layoffs in the event of a funding lapse, a sharp break from past practice.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Multitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multitude. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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