as in crowd
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng
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Recent Examples of throng
Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
However, as the number of contracts rises and the throng of new retail traders speculating with options grows, so does the failure to understand the risks involved.
—Michael Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
The chapel was thronged that day, too, though many of the visitors were not there just for artistic appreciation.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The other day, amid throngs of schoolkids, a septuagenarian woman with a puff of gray hair, in a black turtleneck and pearl earrings, stepped into the Rose Center for Earth and Space.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
However, as the number of contracts rises and the throng of new retail traders speculating with options grows, so does the failure to understand the risks involved.
—Michael Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Verb
Protesters thronged the streets, banging pots and pans.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
The chapel was thronged that day, too, though many of the visitors were not there just for artistic appreciation.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throng
Noun
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Major matchups featuring top draft picks like Cooper Flagg might draw a more partisan crowd, but the rest of the tournament is made for milling about.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Jordynne Grace Blake Monroe cornered Jordynne Grace, who was a very popular with the Atlanta crowd.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Celebrity tans are approaching early-aughts amber, and if dermatologists’ observations and social media are any indication, teens are flocking to the beach in pursuit of scorching burns.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
19 July 2025
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Avid viewers flocked to the comments section of an Instagram post shared by HGTV on Thursday, July 3, to express their disappointment in the network’s decision to discontinue several top shows.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The floor is peppered with spare knee pads and helmets, and a swarm of roller derby players outfitted in protective armor congregate in the center of the warehouse.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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If a task can be performed in more than one way by equal peers working together—much in the way an ant colony or swarm of bees works—then the system is resistant to censorship and hardware faults and has service continuity due to economic sustainability.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Forty-four years ago today, people who were already afraid of cities got the scare of their lives with the release of Escape From New York, John Carpenter's carceral fantasy starring an eyepatch-wearing Kurt Russell doing battle against anarchic hordes in a chaotic urban environment.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Now, the bulldozer is coming for the fortress-like Shops at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Dr., which in its heyday had a giant Virgin music store that drew celebrity visits, hordes of IMAX moviegoers, and customers swarming the stores day and night.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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“Throng.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throng. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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