host

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as in announcer
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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as in army
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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Recent Examples of host The glamorous gala was also attended by Janet Jackson, Allison Holker, and Dancing with the Stars’ Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who played host. Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025 Before her new book hit store shelves, Morning Edition host Michel Martin sat down with Jean-Pierre. NPR, 22 Oct. 2025 O’Connor was a writer on the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, which saw Glaser become the awards ceremony’s first solo female host earlier this year. Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025 Late-night television hosts have seized on the issue, highlighting the juxtaposition between costly renovations and ongoing national issues such as the government shutdown. Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for host
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Noun
  • As Knight was tangled up with Uso near the announcer-side ropes, Jey’s brother Jimmy came over to keep him in the match.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Amazon hired a deep and skilled group of game announcers, including lead voice Ian Eagle and Kevin Harlan (who will do one game per month initially, then more after football season ends) and game analysts Stan Van Gundy, Brent Barry and Dell Curry.
    Barry Jackson Updated October 21, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • This powerful synergy enhances detection, tracking, classification, and identification while also enabling autonomous drone swarm operations, including self-organizing collaboration.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And then there’s Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward, two hard-hitting safeties, a swarm of the fastest linebackers in football and on and on and on.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • The British military historian John Keegan revealed the hazards of this kind of planning in his anatomy of the Schlieffen Plan, the German strategy for fighting a two-front continental war that was devised, in 1905, by the chief of the army’s general staff, Alfred von Schlieffen.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Feeding South Florida Feeding South Florida relies on the generosity of corporations, individual donors, an army of volunteers and, until recently, the federal government to put fresh produce and food staples on the table for the community’s most vulnerable populations.
    Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • In addition to Affleck, Whitney Leavitt — also of Mormon Wives fame — as well as Alix Earle, Robert Irwin, Scott Hoying of Pentatonix, Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony, Jordan Chiles, Hilaria Baldwin and Danielle Fishel were cast as the show’s latest flock of celebrity amateur dancers.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Outbreaks surged in late 2024 and early 2025, affecting hundreds of commercial flocks and millions of birds, and leading to severe egg shortages and soaring prices.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • One’s impression is suddenly modified by the casual strength his handshake conveys, and rightly so, for beneath the elegant lines of his suit are hidden a hard body and the stamina of 10 battalions.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The promo confirms that Burke’s battalion chief Vince died in the memory care building fire where he, along with his wife, Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father, retired battalion chief Walter Leone (Jeff Fahey), were trapped with the roof collapsing on them.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • Earlier in the day, Knowles spoke with Sherri Shepherd on the Sherri show, and praised Blue Ivy for performing onstage with her mother in front of crowds of 70,000 people per night.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Ellis summoned Bovino to testify Tuesday after plaintiffs accused him of throwing a tear gas canister into a crowd of demonstrators without justification or warning – a characterization DHS has refuted.
    Devan Cole, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • To avoid the throngs of high-season tourists, consider visiting the Italian town from March to May or September to November, during its shoulder seasons.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Even though it was closed that day (it had been shut following the robbery), throngs were there — many wondering about the crime.
    Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • The birds have survived in hordes in the deserts, but civilization nearly always spells their doom.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
  • With sunflower sea stars suddenly all but gone from their home range, sea urchin numbers exploded, and the hungry urchin hordes descended upon kelp forests.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Host.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/host. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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