as in throngs
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a horde of mosquitoes hordes of tourists from the cruise ship crowded the shops and cafes
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Recent Examples of hordes
And since the album came out, hordes of fans have turned into armchair investigators, trying to assess which songs may contain AI.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
Us senior surfers need to stick together to hold off the hordes of nasty agro kidbots that are violently intent on world domination and the spread of nuclear surf rabies and mad Red Bull disease.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
Aside from royally pissing off hordes of fans (with an average attendance of 25,048 per game, MLB turnstile spins in ’95 were down 20% compared to the league’s pre-strike mark of 31,240), the strike also coincided with a series of media shakeups.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Some are good for taking out enemy hordes, while others focus on lower shields to do more damage.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
But not every beach is created equal and some trade hordes of people for relaxing waves and wide-open stretches of sand.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
Only hordes of people shoulder-to-shoulder, waiting for their chance to see Eileen Gu, the skier, the model, the Stanford student.
—Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2026
Vampires dominated the screen in the 2010s, as gritty zombie hordes had the decade before that.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
And with the release of Live at the Palace, there’s a clear part of Fleming that hopes to show other comedians a way to live with the reactions of online hordes, without letting the fear of them change their work.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 1 Apr. 2026
Us senior surfers need to stick together to hold off the hordes of nasty agro kidbots that are violently intent on world domination and the spread of nuclear surf rabies and mad Red Bull disease.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
Aside from royally pissing off hordes of fans (with an average attendance of 25,048 per game, MLB turnstile spins in ’95 were down 20% compared to the league’s pre-strike mark of 31,240), the strike also coincided with a series of media shakeups.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Some are good for taking out enemy hordes, while others focus on lower shields to do more damage.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
But not every beach is created equal and some trade hordes of people for relaxing waves and wide-open stretches of sand.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
Only hordes of people shoulder-to-shoulder, waiting for their chance to see Eileen Gu, the skier, the model, the Stanford student.
—Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2026
Vampires dominated the screen in the 2010s, as gritty zombie hordes had the decade before that.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
And with the release of Live at the Palace, there’s a clear part of Fleming that hopes to show other comedians a way to live with the reactions of online hordes, without letting the fear of them change their work.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hordes
Noun
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Vast plazas are missing the typical throngs of faithful and tourists.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Two small tents shaded those who got there earliest, leaving throngs of fans — the rest of us — to bake in the sun as security locked our phones in pouches.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In effect, this would see Japan sending swarms of cheap drones first during a strike.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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In March, the company said its Bahraini data center had been damaged after Iran sent swarms of drones in the region.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The movie considered what would happen if flocks of birds, animals that linger in the background of many of our daily lives, suddenly rose up and attacked a small coastal town in California.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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But farmers have been rapidly replenishing flocks that died or had to be destroyed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For one, Father Matijevic said Pope Leo, the first American pope, and a Chicago native, is drawing crowds.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Those tactics led to backlash from local Black leaders, who said police went too far in dealing with crowds of mostly Black young people.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Hordes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hordes. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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