populaces

noun

plural of populace
as in masses
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite high officials awkwardly mingling with the general populace

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  1. publics
  2. crowds
  3. mobs
Noun
  • But that one course, Sugarloaf Golf Club, is also one of the few publics in the Northeast to have made Golf Digest’s Top 100, a Robert Trent Jones II classic with drop dead views on nearly every hole, carved from a gorgeous wilderness teeming with moose and other wildlife.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Museums are sincerely trying to connect with their publics (even if these are often cast as consumers), and the horizon for that experiment is almost limitless.
    — Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of publics
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  • Fourth of July celebrations in Newport Beach, California, a coastal city in Orange County, led to over 400 arrests after large crowds became disorderly, according to police.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Iran’s semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) wrote about the 1989 funeral earlier this week, describing how the enormous crowds exceeded the numbers expected by authorities.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of crowds
Noun
  • In 2008, xenophobic riots left more than 60 dead — some burned alive by mobs — and tens of thousands displaced.
    — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 25 June 2026
  • The New York Anti-Abolition Riots began as mobs attacked large swaths of New York City, targeting homes, churches and businesses of Black residents and known abolitionists.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Definition of mobs
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