as in swarm
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 horde
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.
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Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Minutes before stepping into a horde of media in front of him, Freddie Freeman was signing a fan’s leg — which had a tattoo depicting Freeman, bat held high, after his walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of the World Series against the New York Yankees.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Lil Wayne is decades into his music career and still has a horde of people anticipating his new music.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 22 Jan. 2025
The arriving hordes of the gold-fevered accelerated the decline and death of California’s Native peoples and the end of its Californio era.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Minutes before stepping into a horde of media in front of him, Freddie Freeman was signing a fan’s leg — which had a tattoo depicting Freeman, bat held high, after his walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of the World Series against the New York Yankees.
—Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Lil Wayne is decades into his music career and still has a horde of people anticipating his new music.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 22 Jan. 2025
The arriving hordes of the gold-fevered accelerated the decline and death of California’s Native peoples and the end of its Californio era.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horde
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Back inside the main party space, a crowd formed not far from the entrance.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Mar. 2025
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In December, a car crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, west of Berlin, that resulted in five deaths and left more than 200 people injured.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Backyard flocks have also been killed after avian-flu exposure; the one person in the United States who has died from bird flu was exposed to it by both wild birds and a backyard flock.—
Tove Danovich,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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Pope Francis addressed his flock via an audio recording Thursday for the first time since he was admitted last month to the hospital.—
Anne Thompson,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Cohen worked on multiple mob cases and prosecutions of violent street gangs.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the past, Ted drags his old friend Stuart (McDermitt) into his mob case.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Horde.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horde. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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