multitudes

plural of multitude

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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. 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Mueller says that's where the robots come in – swarms of them.
    Kira Wakeam, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The floor and foundation were falling apart, inviting hordes of mice and fleas.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • More people are seeking healthier, more responsible ways to live.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • Nonfatal snakebites can still be permanently disabling—hundreds of thousands of people are permanently disabled due to snakebites annually.
    Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 22 May. 2025.

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