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multitude

[muhl-ti-tood, -tyood] / ˈmʌl tɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /


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“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

"As police officers we're trained to deal with a multitude of situations, but I don't think something like this could ever be trained for," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Its multitude of brands like Pontiac and Saturn—reflective of the company’s longtime “a car for every purse and purpose” philosophy—sapped the bottom line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Enrollees can choose from a multitude of plans sponsored by insurance carriers, varying somewhat by the drugs covered and the premiums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Charles sorted “a multitude of papers”—including his notes on scraps of paper, envelopes, and Athenaeum stationery, and his readings.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

She's given to grand proclamations like "I'm unstoppable", or "I will exist in multitudes".

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

What’s more, you are also donating to a food bank to put food into the backpacks of multitudes of children.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026

Even so expansive an idea as the “Abrahamic faiths”—Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Mormonism—fails to capture, to borrow Walt Whitman’s formulation, the religious multitudes that America contains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

A plea, a flex, a come-on — this delirious pop masterpiece contains multitudes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

If only I had truly taken advantage of the situation, seized and held and prized the multitudes of advantages the summer offered me; if only I had.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles




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