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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky
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as in populace
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
the nation's idle rich frolicked while the multitude starved
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Recent Examples of multitude
Meanwhile, the strand of diamonds can be worn a multitude of ways—draped around the neck to trail down a tuxedo shirt or, like Wang, tied around the neck with strands hanging down a dress.
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Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
Beyond unsolicited requests for cash and unrealistic lifestyle expectations, there is a multitude of other risks that could negatively impact the long-term sustainability of one’s wealth: accidents, health issues, cybersecurity threats, unforeseen economic downturns, etc.
—Sharon Olson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Impossible luxury can hide a multitude of sins, but not all.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Not only is it fitted with a hook that will mount easily on the back of any door, but its expandable design features a multitude of pockets that keep everything from bottles to makeup brushes neatly stored and separate.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
Beyond unsolicited requests for cash and unrealistic lifestyle expectations, there is a multitude of other risks that could negatively impact the long-term sustainability of one’s wealth: accidents, health issues, cybersecurity threats, unforeseen economic downturns, etc.
—Sharon Olson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Impossible luxury can hide a multitude of sins, but not all.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Not only is it fitted with a hook that will mount easily on the back of any door, but its expandable design features a multitude of pockets that keep everything from bottles to makeup brushes neatly stored and separate.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The city’s mayor and top police official stood among a throng of heavily armed officers last Thursday when Mangione was flown to a Manhattan heliport and slowly escorted up a pier after being extradited from Pennsylvania.Michael R. Sisak and Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Warren himself was too overcome to talk to a throng of reporters who awaited his release.CBS News, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Being entombed alive is an apt metaphor for a populace that had its civic freedoms squashed by the Assad dynasty for half a century.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Trump’s White House sent $1,200 checks to the populace in 2020, all of which featured Trump’s signature.Tim Collins, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ashley’s original, which has made musical history books for its pioneering use of the then-new element of feedback, seems to have a had a more carnival/cabaret feel, including crowd noise.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
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Poor Al Wehda’s average crowd, if that is the right word, is 656.Matt Slater, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
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Tsao argues people sticking together will prove to be a critical factor in keeping as many of them protected as possible.Glenn Minnis | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
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The four people charged in connection with the fire were indicted Friday.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
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This is also the first case of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. that has been linked to exposure to a backyard flock, a news release noted.Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
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The agency does recommend that people who work around or have recreational exposure to birds or farm animals, including backyard flock owners, hunters and bird enthusiasts, take extra precautions.Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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By now Francis' annual Christmas address to the priests, bishops and cardinals who work in the Vatican Curia has become a lesson in humility — and humiliation — as Francis offers a public dressing down of some of the sins in the workplace at the headquarters of the Catholic Church.CBS News, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Other spikes in reports of suspicious bags or items happen in the wake of a major incident, such as the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, when authorities were inundated by reports from the newly vigilant public.Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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The game tells the story of a future Earth long after catastrophe—in the form of an autonomous robotic swarm—has ruined the planet.Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
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These new bots swarm websites not to catalog content but to feed that content to AI, a technology that threatens to replace search as the default means of online discovery (and does so by digesting and regurgitating the content in a monstrous, unciteable form).Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
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Cities mean closer quarters, dark alleys, and forked paths where one wrong turn means meeting a horde of Voteless to liberate.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Areas affected by recent hurricanes also need to bring in hordes of outside workers as communities begin to rebuild.Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Multitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multitude. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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