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as in battalions
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare
In 218 b.c., Hannibal crossed the Alps with an army of 26,000 men and, most famously, a number of elephants
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as in swarms
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a vast army of loyal fans in line for the band's farewell concert
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as in teams
a group of people working together on a task
an army of rescue workers descended on the tornado-stricken town
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Recent Examples of armies
Hundreds of thousands have been fed, homes restored, and hope fueled by mighty armies of volunteers.
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Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
The revolutionaries even had a Muslim ally in the form of Hyder Ali and his armies.
—Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
Other firms are still performing in-house due diligence before allowing their armies of FAs to start actively pitching the funds.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
So, what could be the window for some detente between these two states whose armies revel in bellicosity that keeps them relevant to raw domestic populism?
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
And those manual operations are driven by armies of experienced and certified network engineers.
—Mike Bushong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
But Galileo isn’t training massive frontier models that need armies of GPUs (the company didn’t train or fine tune Luna from scratch), or building out new chip designs with expensive manufacturing costs.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Since the dawn of time, our ancestors leveraged distributing strategies to survive—for example, placing harvest into separate silos or dividing large armies into smaller, more agile groups.
—Claudio Saes, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Vance and Walz were prepared by armies of political consultants and coaches far beyond the means of ordinary businesspeople.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
The revolutionaries even had a Muslim ally in the form of Hyder Ali and his armies.
—Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
Other firms are still performing in-house due diligence before allowing their armies of FAs to start actively pitching the funds.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
So, what could be the window for some detente between these two states whose armies revel in bellicosity that keeps them relevant to raw domestic populism?
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
And those manual operations are driven by armies of experienced and certified network engineers.
—Mike Bushong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
But Galileo isn’t training massive frontier models that need armies of GPUs (the company didn’t train or fine tune Luna from scratch), or building out new chip designs with expensive manufacturing costs.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Since the dawn of time, our ancestors leveraged distributing strategies to survive—for example, placing harvest into separate silos or dividing large armies into smaller, more agile groups.
—Claudio Saes, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Vance and Walz were prepared by armies of political consultants and coaches far beyond the means of ordinary businesspeople.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for armies
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Hurling entire battalions against Ukrainian defenses in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast on Sunday and Monday, Russian forces advanced a quarter mile through the ruins of the town of Maksymilyanivka—and continued their slow, costly march on the city of Kurakhove, two miles the west.David Axe, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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After more than a year in combat, the 2,000-person unit finally rotated most of its battalions off the front line in eastern Ukraine last month.David Axe, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Many of these capabilities can enable swarms of smaller uncrewed systems like Switchblade 600 to be most effective on the battlefield.Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2024
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The Summary Flooding in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene has led to swarms of yellow jackets.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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With hordes of onlookers and press assembled on the street outside the hotel, a fire department van parked as close to the exit door as possible, seemingly to prevent others from viewing the scene as responders worked.Sandra Gonzalez and Jessie Yeung, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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The statement from Payne’s school is just one of countless messages of grief that have taken over social media since Argentinian police confirmed his passing, with Zedd, Paris Hilton, Ty Dolla $ign, Rita Ora and more musicians joining hordes of fans in remembering the boy band star online.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
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Le Roux is among 21 unaccounted for residents in the county search and rescue crews are scrambling to locate.Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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The guard members said crews stationed with them at McGhee Tyson Airport have rescued about 100 people over the weekend and delivered tens of thousands of pounds of supplies.NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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The calendar forces us to have competitive and large squads.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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The commando squads hunting Palestinian militant leaders in Beirut in April 1973 killed two Lebanese police officers and one Italian citizen in their search for targets.David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Armies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armies. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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