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as in armies
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare
joined the French Foreign Legion
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as in throngs
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
legions of fans crowded the stadium for the rock concert
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Recent Examples of legions
Klendathu's legions of arachnid drones and plasma-blasting giant beetles are all under the control of a species of giant arthropods that have somehow evolved into strategic masterminds.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
The Roman legions did not march with a sword in one hand and a flower in the other.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
The company’s strong stance on privacy and security has cultivated trust among legions of its fans who line up at Apple’s retail stores to buy its latest products.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Hollywood icon Chuck Norris died just days ago, leaving behind a six-decade career and legions of fans across the globe.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2026
With apologies to the legions of Frankenstein and Me fans, here are our assessments of Gosling’s other performances, listed from worst to best.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
In its quest to make deliveries even faster, Amazon has experimented with a number of programs that sought to leverage its sprawling fulfillment network and legions of on-demand Flex gig workers.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
Her band never got to play anywhere except a single town hall, but nearly six decades later, there are legions of Shaggies left in their incomparable wake.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
That played well among her legions of admirers, but not so much in northern New Mexico among the Tewa, the indigenous people that include the Pueblo Indians.
—John Burnett, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
The Roman legions did not march with a sword in one hand and a flower in the other.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
The company’s strong stance on privacy and security has cultivated trust among legions of its fans who line up at Apple’s retail stores to buy its latest products.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Hollywood icon Chuck Norris died just days ago, leaving behind a six-decade career and legions of fans across the globe.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2026
With apologies to the legions of Frankenstein and Me fans, here are our assessments of Gosling’s other performances, listed from worst to best.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
In its quest to make deliveries even faster, Amazon has experimented with a number of programs that sought to leverage its sprawling fulfillment network and legions of on-demand Flex gig workers.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
Her band never got to play anywhere except a single town hall, but nearly six decades later, there are legions of Shaggies left in their incomparable wake.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
That played well among her legions of admirers, but not so much in northern New Mexico among the Tewa, the indigenous people that include the Pueblo Indians.
—John Burnett, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legions
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Of these three exceptions, the only one that still applies is to the children of diplomats, as there are no invading armies, and Native Americans were granted automatic citizenship in 1924.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
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Khaki thereafter served as the official color for uniforms of British armies, native and colonial, in India.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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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
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Rather, our liberties would be saved by the ragtag battalions of night people doing their tireless work, unpaid, unheralded, and largely unseen.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, historical epics reimagine Ming dynasty battalions fighting fantastical monsters, using special effects and visuals in ways that traditional production might find prohibitively expensive.—
Faye Bradley,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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And since the album came out, hordes of fans have turned into armchair investigators, trying to assess which songs may contain AI.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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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“Legions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legions. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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