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thronging

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verb

present participle of throng
as in flocking
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers fans thronged the field to celebrate the win

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Adjective
  • At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like your typical research facility—scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the background.
    Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The company has been around for over four decades, and other big-name tech companies, such as IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon, have made the cloud services market more crowded than ever.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yes, foodies are flocking to this southwestern city.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Despite there being more millionaire renters flocking to Southern metro areas in the pandemic years, most millionaires still choose to own their homes.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In a nearby plot, natural self-thinning over 80 years reduced crowding from 275 to 70 trees per acre.
    John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The military has also been targeting and destroying high-rise buildings surrounding displacement camps, crowding Gaza City’s residents into ever-smaller spaces.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In six months, the site has grown from 600 people fleeing gang attacks in nearby Delmas 30 to 5,000 people from all over the capital, sheltering in packed government offices and makeshift shacks.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
  • His energy at his Century club gig was infectious resulting in a frenzied, packed dance floor.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Sashimi Thanks to the abundant waters, even humble izakayas serve world-class slices.
    Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Pollen is abundant, Cho adds—a single floret of the common sunflower, for instance, produces 25,000 to 67,000 grains every summer.
    Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Quantum sensors take over when signals are jammed or denied.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This comes after years of jammed negotiations over price and cost issues.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Milena was not, and antisemitism was rife in Europe even before the rise of National Socialism.
    Christine Estima September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Antisemitism is rife right across the UK.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Thronging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thronging. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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