Thesaurus results for HOSTS

hosts

noun

plural of host

as in swarms

a great number of persons or creatures massed together a host of people assembled along the parade route to see the new president

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as in armies

a large body of men and women organized for land warfare the small band of defenders was no match for the enemy's mighty host of thousands

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as in announcers

a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity our favorite morning TV show has a new host

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Recent Examples of hosts Throughout the evening, hosts of some of Dear Media's most popular podcasts, like The Toast with Claudia, 31, and Jackie Oshry, 33, and Not Skinny But Not Fat's Amanda Hirsch, 38, took to the stage in front of an audience of excited super fans of the podcasts for a one-night-only live experience. —

Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 Yeotown Devon, for example, hosts mixed-gender and family retreats alongside its women-only special retreats. —

Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026 Cal State San Marcos (53-9) hosts Biola (41-21) in softball, also starting Thursday. —

Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026 Unlike late night legend Johnny Carson, Carter says this era's late night hosts have a hard time appealing to an audience across political lines. —

Eric Deggans, NPR, 18 May 2026 The general call to arms is also being reiterated on state television, with several channels broadcasting their hosts brandishing assault rifles. —

Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 Nine years after being engulfed in scandal, Eric’s rebranded nonprofit hosts an ever-expanding lineup of fundraisers, spending more than $500,000 a year. —

Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 Ebola virus is transmitted to people from wild animals, such as fruit bats, porcupines and non-human primates, with fruit bats believed to be the natural hosts of the orthoebolavirus. —

Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 18 May 2026 Shania Twain kicked off the 61st annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night with a monologue that nodded to past ACMs hosts. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026

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Scientists have developed living microrobot swarms made from algae and nanoparticles that can assemble into custom shapes under blue light and disperse on command with red light.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
Subterranean, drywood and dampwood, the three most common types of termites in the United States, all have reproductive castes capable of flying in swarms.

— Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 May 2026