1
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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2
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
In Shiflett’s mind, a multitude of voices can’t be ignored.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
This season, across a multitude of sports, more than $335,000 in cash and prizes have been awarded.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
More news: Warner Bros Delays 'The Batman 2' For a Third Time
One of Batman's biggest foes is Clayface, a villain who can mold his body into a multitude of devastating shapes.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Scheffler’s season certainly triggered a multitude of bonuses from Nike and TaylorMade.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
This season, across a multitude of sports, more than $335,000 in cash and prizes have been awarded.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
More news: Warner Bros Delays 'The Batman 2' For a Third Time
One of Batman's biggest foes is Clayface, a villain who can mold his body into a multitude of devastating shapes.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Scheffler’s season certainly triggered a multitude of bonuses from Nike and TaylorMade.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for multitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for multitude
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Black Tap once had a thriving pop-up on West 14th St. in NYC that drew throngs of mostly millennial women but closed when the owners couldn’t negotiate a longer-term lease with the landlord.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Bridges, now 70, was 6 years old when she was escorted to school by U.S. marshals through the streets of New Orleans surrounded by throngs of angry people protesting desegregation.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2025
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Construed as a pedagogical exercise more than entertainment, the film offers a deep reading into the complicated plurality of the populace that constitutes nations such as Germany.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
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Big questions remain about whether interventions that correct political meta-misperceptions can have lasting effects, or whether reducing polarization among the American populace is even enough when so many threats to democracy come from elites intent on sowing division.—
Michael Pasek,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2025
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Guaranteed to satisfy a crowd after a long day's work (on or off the ranch), this one-dish supper is easy to make and keep in the freezer to save suppertime.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2025
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Red Cross staff held up white screens to try to conceal the coffins from onlookers as they were loaded into their vehicles amid crowds.—
Chris Kenning,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Virgo Since the planet of communication is giving you a chance to see matters differently, read between the lines to comprehend people’s motives.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2025
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Cops took two people into custody following the shooting.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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The decimation of flocks in response to the disease is blamed for record egg prices and shortages.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Faces Investigation In Italy, Paper Reports When infections are confirmed, the USDA enforces strict quarantine measures and mandates culling of affected flocks to prevent further spread, offering financial compensation to farmers.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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This, of course, is at a moment when Hollywood is desperate to make the theatrical moviegoing experience itself relatable again to a distracted public.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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But after Alex leaves her father a resignation note to read while delivering his report to the American public, Robert takes that opportunity to expose Dreyer’s involvement, even if that would implicate his daughter and tear his family apart even further.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2025
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Just like in Diablo, the name of the game here is clicking to move and attack swarms of enemies in dark isometric dungeons, throwing in some magical attacks with the number keys on your keyboard as needed.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
26 Feb. 2025
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As the heat began to break on Main Street, swarms of exhausted families packed up their impulse purchases and their double-wide strollers and called it a day.—
Justine Harman,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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This isn't surprising, as the PCMark test doesn't effectively utilize the hordes of CPU cores available in the ThinkStation across its two Xeons.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
17 Feb. 2025
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Madigan departed the courthouse just before noon Wednesday, holding hands with two of his daughters and walking out into the falling snow toward his nearby attorneys’ offices, followed by a horde of news cameras.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Multitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multitude. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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