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as in swarm
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a host of people assembled along the parade route to see the new president
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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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Recent Examples of host
Who Hosted the Critics Choice Awards? Comedian and television host Chelsea Handler returned as emcee for the third consecutive year.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
And as host for the second year in a row, Handler was ready to celebrate all of them.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
His girlfriend’s cute nineteen-second video received more than 64 million views and was covered by a whole host of major media outlets, including The View.
—Kelsey McKinney, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
The ceremony, which was twice delayed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, took place Friday evening in Santa Monica, with comedian Chelsea Handler serving as host.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
And as host for the second year in a row, Handler was ready to celebrate all of them.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
His girlfriend’s cute nineteen-second video received more than 64 million views and was covered by a whole host of major media outlets, including The View.
—Kelsey McKinney, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
The ceremony, which was twice delayed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, took place Friday evening in Santa Monica, with comedian Chelsea Handler serving as host.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for host
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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
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Also Thursday, findings from an investigation by the Israeli military determined that Hamas was able to carry out the deadliest attack in Israeli history on Oct. 7, 2023, because the much more powerful Israeli army misjudged the militant group's intentions and underestimated its capabilities.—
MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA, NATALIE MELZER AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The spirit, first distilled in the 17th century in the Netherlands, is a veritable Swiss army knife for making cocktails.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Fox Sports helped facilitate at least three different Big Game efforts this year, including allowing the use of announcers Tom Brady and Kevin Burkhardt for a battery commercial from Berkshire Hathaway’s Duracell.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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Twelve more games will be available to watch on MLB.TV with the opposing team’s announcers handling the broadcast.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2025
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Faces Investigation In Italy, Paper Reports When infections are confirmed, the USDA enforces strict quarantine measures and mandates culling of affected flocks to prevent further spread, offering financial compensation to farmers.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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The decimation of flocks in response to the disease is blamed for record egg prices and shortages.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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But by high school Batista found acceptance, and a further welcome in the Junior R.O.T.C. program, becoming the battalion’s second-in-command.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Armen Sarkisyan, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and creator of a battalion for the leader's military, is reported to have been killed in a grenade blast at an elite residential building in Moscow on Monday.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Red Cross staff held up white screens to try to conceal the coffins from onlookers as they were loaded into their vehicles amid crowds.—
Chris Kenning,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Next stop for this crowd is the Century for the Puttana of the Century party, with cult deity Joey Arias hosting ($35); dress bordello.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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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
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This isn't surprising, as the PCMark test doesn't effectively utilize the hordes of CPU cores available in the ThinkStation across its two Xeons.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
17 Feb. 2025
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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.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Host.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/host. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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