the multitude
noun
: ordinary or common people as a group
a candidate trying to appeal to the multitude
—often pluralHis films are not intended to appeal to the multitudes.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The event also included mental health therapists and a yoga instructor, demonstrating the multitude of ways that students can approach mental health.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Viewers will also learn about the multitude of methods in which regeneration is addressing and even reversing these trends on an ecosystem-by-ecosystem basis.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
My viewpoint is that there is something more straightforward that can explain the multitude of sudden language appearances.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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“The multitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20multitude. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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