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
Scholars intuited a link between the celestial and earthly multitudes.
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Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 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
Teen girls contain multitudes—they’re tomorrow’s civic leaders and consumers.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
But tennis fashion contains multitudes.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
But the English actor's career contains multitudes.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Republicans argued that without untaxed multitudes of income, companies would simply hire fewer people, or even lay off thousands.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
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
Hey, feminists contain multitudes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 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
Teen girls contain multitudes—they’re tomorrow’s civic leaders and consumers.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
But tennis fashion contains multitudes.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
But the English actor's career contains multitudes.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Republicans argued that without untaxed multitudes of income, companies would simply hire fewer people, or even lay off thousands.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
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
Hey, feminists contain multitudes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for multitudes
Noun
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The throngs of young women and the inclusiveness and positivity of it was just mind-blowing.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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Saturdays for the throngs, rain or shine.—
Greg Mellen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For instance, last year, South Korean researchers developed tiny robot swarms that used magnetic fields to achieve tasks like transporting objects and unclogging tubes.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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Large flocks of birds — or swarms of bats or insects — at the right altitude and speed reflect enough energy to appear on radar much like a storm.—
Brandi D. Addison,
The Providence Journal,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On Saturday, federal agents were rammed and boxed in by 10 cars near Broadview, Illinois, where anti-ICE crowds have been gathering for days and nearly a dozen people have been arrested.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Legendary Whitetails Women’s Pathfinder Performance Pants Shoulder seasons are the perfect time to explore the outdoors—lighter crowds and milder weather are right up my alley.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Reserve a table at Agricola for a grown-up, farm-to-table meal, or follow the hordes of students for a hoagie at Olives.—
Sarah Buder,
AFAR Media,
2 Oct. 2025
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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,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The mass deployment of technologies that these minerals make possible—fleets of electric cars; flocks of wind turbines; a cleaner energy grid—may be imperative if our society is to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and thereby avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Large flocks of birds — or swarms of bats or insects — at the right altitude and speed reflect enough energy to appear on radar much like a storm.—
Brandi D. Addison,
The Providence Journal,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Graduates earn a median income of $90,900 after three years, which rises to $170,100 20 years out—the highest median salary of the top 25 publics.—
Fiona Riley,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Unlike democratic politicians who must constantly justify their actions to skeptical publics and hostile media, autocrats like Putin and Kim arrive at these summits with clear, patient, long-term objectives.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Multitudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multitudes. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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