as in group
formal
a large collection of people, animals, or things often placed close together
A solid phalanx of armed guards stood in front of the castle. She had to go through a phalanx of television cameras.
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Recent Examples of phalanx
On the opposite side of the river, in Eagle Pass, a phalanx of Texas guardsmen stood watch with rifles.
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Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
When a phalanx of the top Silicon Valley executives—Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Google’s Sundar Pichai—aligned behind President Trump during the Inauguration in January, many observers saw an allegiance based on corporate interests.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Members of the phalanx drift apart, lingering in private corners, suspended in speculative time.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
But states can’t serve up help like the phalanx of Blackhawk helicopters that the U.S. Army provided after Helene.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
When a phalanx of the top Silicon Valley executives—Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Google’s Sundar Pichai—aligned behind President Trump during the Inauguration in January, many observers saw an allegiance based on corporate interests.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Members of the phalanx drift apart, lingering in private corners, suspended in speculative time.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
But states can’t serve up help like the phalanx of Blackhawk helicopters that the U.S. Army provided after Helene.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phalanx
Noun
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In response to this incident, officials at the Maine DMR worked closely with other groups to expand the study of white sharks and their behavior in Maine’s coastal waters.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Danial Georgios, a construction engineer living in Damascus, spoke exclusively to Fox News Digital about the group's work in Damascus neighborhoods.—
Chris Massaro,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Right main landing gear collapsed on impact in fiery Toronto plane crash: Preliminary report In total, 70 firefighters and 10 fire trucks responded to the blaze in west London when the brigade was first called at 11:23 p.m. local time Thursday.—
Jack Moore,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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European nations must develop at least ten more peacekeeping brigades (each with some 3,500 soldiers, plus support staff and equipment)—at an annual cost of perhaps $50 billion—and as many aircraft as currently operate on NATO’s eastern territory (about $30 billion annually).—
Michael E. O’Hanlon,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Mar. 2025
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Related Stories Business Netflix's Ted Sarandos on Dave Chappelle, Massive First-Look Deals and Dinner With Trump Warfare follows a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory in Ramadi, Iraq in 2006.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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Veterans Jason Heyward and Connor Joe were signed as a platoon in left.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2025
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America was the bulwark of the liberal democracies — a grouping of European nations, Canada, Australia and much of Asia — that shared many values and outlooks.—
Llewellyn King,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Around this time, the band went on their first tour.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Coinciding with the band’s JonasCon event today — yes, that’s a real thing — Disney has announced that the Jonas Brothers will be recording an upbeat new theme song to celebrate Disneyland‘s upcoming 70th anniversary.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2025
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Ambient cabin lighting, an eight-speaker audio system, dual-zone climate, a sunroof, remote start, and a bunch of other niceties are the justifications for the higher price tag of the hybrid model.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Mar. 2025
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But judging episodic memory capabilities is more difficult when there’s a pretty obvious communication barrier between adults and a bunch of babies.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
21 Mar. 2025
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But the company expects to be rapidly increasing its EV supply and offerings, with a new battery plant that opened last year, two more under construction and a fourth planned soon.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2023
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One in 25 cars on the road are currently battery-powered, estimates Moto, rising to a third of all cars by 2030 and four in five by 2040.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes,
26 Jan. 2023
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Spending countless hours in the saddle, riding with posses, serving warrants, attending court, conducting bankruptcy sales on the courthouse steps — these were the things deputies did routinely.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2025
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This immediately prompts rumors of the first-ever Opium posse cut, a notable feat considering Carti has not released music with any of his label signees up to this point.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Phalanx.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phalanx. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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