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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
Marchand is expected to draw into the lineup Friday night when the Panthers host the Utah Hockey Club (7 p.m., Scripps), coach Paul Maurice confirmed after the team’s morning skate.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Though April 1 is host to the biggest purge, other titles will be leaving the platform through the month, including the popular documentary Blackfish which leaves on April 4 alongside the Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper-led Serena.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
However, the house is haunted, and the group must confront their differences to survive the night against a host of mischievous ghosts.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
The longtime host of Kids Baking Championship was nominated for Outstanding Children’s Personality alongside Meryl Streep in the 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, which aired on Saturday, March 15.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Though April 1 is host to the biggest purge, other titles will be leaving the platform through the month, including the popular documentary Blackfish which leaves on April 4 alongside the Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper-led Serena.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
However, the house is haunted, and the group must confront their differences to survive the night against a host of mischievous ghosts.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
The longtime host of Kids Baking Championship was nominated for Outstanding Children’s Personality alongside Meryl Streep in the 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, which aired on Saturday, March 15.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for host
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Except for Carmen, who seems to have been encouraged to inhabit her parents’ rather chaotic world, the children are indistinguishable: A great swarm of pandemonium-causing rich children.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Although a single penguin is capable of devouring thousands of krill in a single sitting, swarms of the zooplankton may detect disturbances in the water ahead of mealtime.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
20 Mar. 2025
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This week an airstrike by South Sudan's army killed at least 19 people in Nasir, Reuters news agency reported.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
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The new truck launcher entered the inventory of the Ukrainian army’s 3rd Assault Brigade as recently as this month.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Jayden Higgins catching passes from Jayden Daniels might get an announcer twisted.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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An announcer said afterward during the live television broadcast of the matchup that the incident briefly delayed the game.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, a flock of brand-new exemptions to the state’s open-records laws are clustered at the gates of the state Legislature, fueled by support that’s often bipartisan and likely to pass.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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None of the birds from the flock have entered the food system, according to the Mississippi board.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
19 Mar. 2025
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The six-episode drama, directed by Ahmed Abdullahi, is inspired by the challenges faced by the first Swedish U.N. battalion, sent to Bosnia in 1993.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2025
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Massive snow clouds like battalions have smothered the sunlight.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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To keep afloat, Arsenal had to qualify for the Champions League three times during that five years and attract a regular crowd of at least 54,000 in their new 60,000 stadium.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Overtown project was fully leased before opening and is drawing crowds of shoppers in an area long short of both housing and places to shop.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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Doctors want a different message Dr. Manan Trivedi, an internist practicing in greater Washington D.C. area, was among the throngs of people who attended Kennedy’s contentious confirmation hearings to oppose his nomination.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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As gunshots rained down and throngs of terrified parade-goers ran in all directions, Dr. David Baum rushed to render aid.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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To see hostages paraded like props in front of the cameras to the screaming hordes in Gaza in successive releases, no one had anything to say about that.—
David Draiman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
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Operating like the best live-action Looney Tunes movie that never was, Hundreds of Beavers is essentially a series of increasingly zany gags in which fur trapper fend off literal hordes of beavers.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Host.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/host. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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