- present tense form of host (3rd person singular).
hosts
Example Sentences
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Studies of modern plague systems have shown that changes in climate can strongly affect outbreaks among wild rodents, which act as natural hosts for the bacterium.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Chelsea, however, made victory a certainty for the hosts with a dramatic collapse.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
OpenAI said the hackers had uncovered a pair of issues: one in a third-party service called Discourse that hosts OpenAI’s community discussion forum, and a second with the AI company itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Local, longtime sports radio hosts Mason and Ireland answer some questions about the Dodgers, past and present.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
King Eiddileg had given them round bronze bucklers; they were dwarf-size and, after his view of the marching hosts, Taran found them pitifully small.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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