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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a huge crowd of fans was on hand to greet the returning World Series champions
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as in community
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
the fashionable crowd at the polo tournament
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as in populace
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
no national leader was ever more hated by the crowd
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as in to huddle
to gather into a closely packed group
everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents
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Recent Examples of crowd
Jessica Golden, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
The group’s stage production, a minimalist/maximalist approach utilizing a single video screen that toggled between a technicolor background and shots of the sweaty crowd, certainly allows for that.
—Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 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
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Noun
And, when the Nebraska Huskers' women's team took on the Omaha Mavericks in 2023, more than 92,000 fans were in attendance, the largest-ever crowd for a women's sports event.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
The group’s stage production, a minimalist/maximalist approach utilizing a single video screen that toggled between a technicolor background and shots of the sweaty crowd, certainly allows for that.
—Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowd
Noun
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Teasdale was wedged within the throngs of the crowds but happy to have a clear view of Kirk.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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When a World War II-era bomb is found buried under a London construction site, the authorities are determined to evacuate the throngs of innocent bystanders in the vicinity.—
Kevin Cassidy,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Since Kennedy was elevated to the nation’s top health post, Utah and Florida became the first states to ban communities from adding fluoride to public drinking water.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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Our communities face attack after attack—floods and fires fueled by Big Oil, ICE agenda kidnapping our neighbors, congress revoking our healthcare.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Today, the best fashion schools have made sustainability a core principle, and the designers graduating from the world’s best design programs, like Nale, are looking at their future careers through a different lens than what the general populace is used to expecting from Fashion.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rather than unifying and pacifying a populace, this kind of media encouraged idiosyncratic, extreme views.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Sep. 2025
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Volunteers stuffed 1,032 backpacks with 544 1-inch binders, 3,264 pocket folders, 1,826 spiral notebooks, 1,032 pencil cases, 417 crayon packs, 544 colored pencil packs, 2,370 pens, 4,224 pencils, and 961 highlighters.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
15 Sep. 2025
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Think of them like regular milk chocolate M&M’s stuffed with a small salty pretzel nugget.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Businesses flocked here and built giant aerospace and computer industries.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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Bent Creek Experimental Forest Bent Creek Experimental Forest, which sits in the Pisgah Ranger District, is the closest section of Pisgah National Forest to downtown Asheville, and has more than 20 miles of trail that locals and visitors flock to for mountain bike rides and trail runs.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
16 Sep. 2025
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More than 3,200 young Nepalis are currently huddling in an online discussion on social media messaging platform Discord to debate who will officially take part in the talks and what issues will be discussed.—
Sonal Nain,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Ravens had just finished a series of sprints and huddled with head coach Anthony White.—
Rich Barak,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Inside, the minimalist lobby doubles as a gallery, and the in-house restaurant, The Hive, is dripping with sculptures of glowing honeycombs, kudzu vines, and swarms of bees.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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But Iranians knew better, and the Friday after Jîna’s death swarms of people, mostly women, congregated in front of Kasra Hospital, overflowing with rage about seeing another one of our young women disposed of by the security state with such casual cruelty.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The battery lasts almost two full days, even with a bunch of notifications coming in and a couple of outdoor walks tracked.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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What originally appeared to be attacks on more than 673 boats since 2020 now seem more likely to be a bunch of bored teenage orcas looking for something to do, cetacean expert Alexandre Zerbini said last year.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Crowd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowd. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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