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
Coppola sets up a David versus Goliath scenario between Matt Damon’s green law-school grad and a phalanx of corporate lawyers (led by Jon Voight) that’s both hugely satisfying and a fair reflection of the uphill battle facing health-care reform in the country at that time.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
The men appeared in gray suits and blue ties while a phalanx of law enforcement officers from Alameda and other local jurisdictions sat nearby in the gallery.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
Adams typically enters his Tuesday briefings accompanied by triumphant walk-on music and a phalanx of deputies, including his chief legal counsel.
—Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2024
Tehran has cultivated a phalanx of religious allies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen—frontline forces arrayed against a nuclear-armed Israel and the Sunni governments in the region.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
The men appeared in gray suits and blue ties while a phalanx of law enforcement officers from Alameda and other local jurisdictions sat nearby in the gallery.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
Adams typically enters his Tuesday briefings accompanied by triumphant walk-on music and a phalanx of deputies, including his chief legal counsel.
—Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2024
Tehran has cultivated a phalanx of religious allies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen—frontline forces arrayed against a nuclear-armed Israel and the Sunni governments in the region.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phalanx
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The character is one of the powerful Aes Sedai – a group of women with the ability to channel the One Power who are part of an elite sisterhood.Denise Petski, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Wilken cannot create such an entity, which under labor law requires (among other things) a group of employees who successfully petition the NLRB or a state labor board for recognition as a bargaining unit and accompanying votes.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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There are elements of at least eight battalions and four brigades in the Dalnje salient: no more than 10,000 Ukrainian troops, assuming all the units are at full strength.David Axe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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What exactly is the establishment worried that Hegseth would ruin, besides maybe the morale of a few paperclip Purple Hearts in the bureaucratic brigade?Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
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Typically, compared to other pitches, sinkers have larger platoon splits.Will Sammon, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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As a military police platoon leader and trainer for the Kuwait National Guard's counterterrorism unit, Gabbard achieved another milestone in 2009, becoming one of the first women to set foot in a Kuwaiti military facility and the first woman to be honored by the Kuwait National Guard.Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2024
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The new grouping is made up of a broad spectrum of opposition forces, from Islamist factions to moderates.Lauren Kent, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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Golden State could use a connector, and Thornton can adapt to various personnel groupings and styles.Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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The beloved rock band returns to the top 40 region on two different charts in the United Kingdom this week.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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With a six-piece band behind her, ROSÉ turned Fallon’s iconic studio into her own concert venue.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Survivor producers always throw a bunch of twists out there.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Google has worked to bring as many features as possible into the model itself, rather than run a bunch of individual and siloed products, in order to be able to do more with Gemini in more places.David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
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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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Aside from the usual cast of Trump-adjacent celebrities, including Kid Rock and UFC CEO Dana White, the posse at the fight was a who's-who of the figures the once and future president has picked to lead his administration - and which seats are still empty.Cy Neff, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
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Kelly Bishop joins Shrinking as Harrison Ford's ex-wife in exclusive first look As a means of dealing with this, Sean picks a fight with a group of drunk guys at a bar later that night, then lets the posse beat him up without raising a single finger against them to defend himself.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Phalanx.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phalanx. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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