gaggle

noun

Definition of gagglenext
as in swarm

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Recent Examples of gaggle After the press conference, Smokey Joe’s regular Eugene Smith passed the media gaggle without batting an eye and made his way to the window for his weekly order of ribs. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026 Nearly 50 years after Elvis Presley 's death, a gaggle of exuberant young boys and teens shook up his hometown, intent on keeping the king's legacy alive for a new generation. — ABC News, 8 June 2026 Across the ballroom at this luxe Manhattan hotel, Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, who any other year could be a lock for the top selection, fielded questions from an equally large gaggle of reporters. — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 Moody new girl Coley moves to a small town in Oregon after the death of her mother to live with her dad (Zach Braff), an otherwise invisible presence in her life growing up, when she gets sucked into the orbit of popular girl Sonya, who has a gaggle of friends and a face full of freckles. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gaggle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaggle
  1. swarm
  2. school
  3. pod
  4. covey
  5. plump
  6. colony
Noun
  • Their strategy focuses on low-cost drone swarms, maximizing pilot effectiveness.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Every wedding, every cherry blossom season in Japan, every birth, reactor accidents too, swarms of insects, kittens playing with woolen balls, people disfigured by war, palm trees at sunset—five billion photos a day.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of swarm
Noun
  • The question definitively answered here is whether more schools should be emphasizing project learning over rote memorization and teaching to the test.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • But when menstrual symptoms become severe enough to interfere with work, school, relationships or daily activities, something more serious may be going on.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of school
Noun
  • While Prince William and Kate Middleton won’t be making an appearance at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding later today—the royal is now a bonafide friend of the pod.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 July 2026
  • The long, lightweight seed pods catch the wind and disperse seeds all over your yard, your neighbors’, and in the little cracks between your sidewalk.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
Definition of pod
Noun
  • The reserve’s rich plant community features wildflowers in the spring and visitors can see the California quail gathered in coveys in the early mornings of fall and winter.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The two were part of a group quail hunting at a ranch in Texas when Cheney fired at a covey of quail, not realizing Whittington, who stayed behind to collect shot birds, had approached.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of covey
Noun
  • The lightweight skin tint plumps and blurs your complexion since it’s packed with skin care ingredients.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • Peptides are the building blocks of collagen, helping to renew and firm your skin, while ceramides restore your skin barrier, and the hyaluronic acid plumps and hydrates.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Definition of plump
Noun
  • At the time, the colonies were still under British rule, making the creation of a national flag a potentially dangerous act.
    — Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Enjoying a meal that might have been served in the colonies hundreds of years ago.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of colony

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