1
as in throngs
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 masses
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 multitudes
Oprah’s faithful multitudes still haven’t accepted its avant-garde characterizations, visionary audacity, and historical complexity — a refusal that foreshadowed a devastating personal and cultural decline.
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Armond White, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
But his career contains multitudes, with the actor routinely bouncing between drama (Bang the Drum Slowly, Awakenings), comedy (Meet the Parents, Analyze This), action (Heat, Ronin), and horror (Angel Heart, Cape Fear).
—EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Hey, feminists contain multitudes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Brady’s movies exude showmanship at its most artful — worlds containing multitudes, and among those multitudes, singular people carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders like the Greek Titan Atlas.
—Natalie Portman, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
Planetary multitudes Probing the secrets of galactic motion and dark energy won’t be Roman’s only task.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
Allowing for the fact that people are infinitely complex fractals who contain multitudes, there are roughly two kinds of Republicans these days.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
Atlanta hip-hop has evolved to contain multitudes — by turns socially conscious, psychedelic, ruminative, daring and just plain weird.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2024
Tom Holland contains multitudes.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Armond White, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
But his career contains multitudes, with the actor routinely bouncing between drama (Bang the Drum Slowly, Awakenings), comedy (Meet the Parents, Analyze This), action (Heat, Ronin), and horror (Angel Heart, Cape Fear).
—EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Hey, feminists contain multitudes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Brady’s movies exude showmanship at its most artful — worlds containing multitudes, and among those multitudes, singular people carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders like the Greek Titan Atlas.
—Natalie Portman, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
Planetary multitudes Probing the secrets of galactic motion and dark energy won’t be Roman’s only task.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
Allowing for the fact that people are infinitely complex fractals who contain multitudes, there are roughly two kinds of Republicans these days.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
Atlanta hip-hop has evolved to contain multitudes — by turns socially conscious, psychedelic, ruminative, daring and just plain weird.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2024
Tom Holland contains multitudes.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for multitudes
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Magnetic swarms assemble Scientists are increasingly studying how robot swarms can collectively achieve goals, drawing inspiration from ants that work together to bridge gaps or form rafts to survive floods.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Dec. 2024
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Mueller says that's where the robots come in – swarms of them.—
Kira Wakeam,
NPR,
16 Dec. 2024
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The floor and foundation were falling apart, inviting hordes of mice and fleas.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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The shooting broke out during a sideshow, typically an incident in which hordes of people descend on roads to watch vehicle stunts, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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The crowd, estimated by Italian police at 200,000, included many young people, some of whom had planned to visit Rome before the death of Francis on April 21.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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Around 20 minutes into the episode, the show cut away from Jackson to a group of people hiking through the woods around Seattle.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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This is understandable because Western publics are not prepared for such a move, and many would not support it.—
Shane Croucher,
Newsweek,
1 Dec. 2024
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In the years following World War II, publics in Europe especially believed the United States was exercising its power in relatively benign ways that helped to lay the foundations for a liberal order.—
Richard Wike,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Jan. 2020
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“Multitudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multitudes. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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