as in cult
a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)
that mystery novelist, although long deceased, continues to have an enthusiastic audience
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For 70 years, ABC News has delivered exceptional reporting, interviews and analysis — this is why audiences turn to us.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Roth quickly notes that their successes, and his, would never have occurred if the audience for graphic ultra-violence, bloody gore, body horror and black comic slasher stuff had not grown.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
Zegler’s Snow White joins a long line of classic heroines reimagined for today’s audience—something Greta Gerwig, who contributed to the screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, knows well.
—Patricia Alfonso Tortolani, Allure, 18 Mar. 2025
Not exactly the target audience for the books, but within spitting distance of it.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Roth quickly notes that their successes, and his, would never have occurred if the audience for graphic ultra-violence, bloody gore, body horror and black comic slasher stuff had not grown.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
Zegler’s Snow White joins a long line of classic heroines reimagined for today’s audience—something Greta Gerwig, who contributed to the screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, knows well.
—Patricia Alfonso Tortolani, Allure, 18 Mar. 2025
Not exactly the target audience for the books, but within spitting distance of it.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Audience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/audience. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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