bevies

noun

Definition of beviesnext
plural of bevy
as in hordes
a large group of people or things
—usually singular A bevy of girls waited outside.

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  1. hordes
  2. swarms
  3. multitudes
  4. dozen
  5. hundreds
  6. dozens
Noun
  • Arnold has fought some formidable foes in his career, but hordes of desperate parents doing last-minute holiday shopping are, strangely, among the most stressful.
    Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement When Dong Kim, a 29-year-old travel blogger, visited in October, the excited hordes reminded him less of a zoo than a South American soccer game or a Black Friday door-buster sale.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of hordes
Noun
  • But this week, the company unveiled an attack drone with a 50-mile range, capable of hunting in swarms and destroying armored vehicles.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In environmental science, molecular robot swarms might help to detect and neutralize pollutants.
    Paul Ratner, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of swarms
Noun
  • Allowing for the fact that people are infinitely complex fractals who contain multitudes, there are roughly two kinds of Republicans these days.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Atlanta hip-hop has evolved to contain multitudes — by turns socially conscious, psychedelic, ruminative, daring and just plain weird.
    Richard Fausset, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of multitudes
Noun
  • At two dozen players, that’s between $120,000 and $252,000 in annual revenue.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • There was also another dozen cash and in-kind prizes handed out by a raft of sponsors including the Arab Cinema Center, Filmmore, Freshly Ground Stories, Ithra, Ambient Light, Rotana Studios and Titrafilm.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of dozen
Noun
  • Their investor conferences and road shows could be worth hundreds of new investor touchpoints every year.
    Cody Slach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Emergency Lawyers, a human rights group, said more than 100 had been killed and hundreds wounded.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • In a matter of years, dozens of manufacturers merged, leaving a handful of giant contractors — including Northrup Gruman, Lockheed Martin and Boeing — to dominate the sector.
    David Jeans, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly a half-dozen California House seats once held by women — in the Bay Area, Orange County, Santa Barbara and the Greater Los Angeles area — are now held by men.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of dozens
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