as in many
being of a large but indefinite number
the obstacles that the programmers had to overcome have been legion
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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
legions of fans crowded the stadium for the rock concert
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Recent Examples of legion
Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2025
John Goldberger to legions of horology aficionados who follow him online) that caught the attention of the Financial Times and had social media buzzing.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
No movie poked holes in the stereotypical puffy rock-star ego more effectively than Spinal Tap did, and there are legions of fans who have the film almost completely memorized.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
At one end, Ligue 1’s financial troubles are legion.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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For not all of the world’s legions of undead are nocturnal blood-predators with fangs.
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Adjective
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The fact that the toner was more economical—printing, say, 10 times as many pages for only three times the cost—didn't matter.—
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His work with rural counties has earned favorable notices, but in urban areas like Phoenix, many of the experts in Joan's reporting raised questions about Livar's effectiveness.—
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Raft companies and shuttle services ferried searchers overland to and from the trailhead, and area chefs and restaurants donated breakfast, lunch, and dinner to feed an all-volunteer civilian army.—
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Investigators connected the methamphetamine to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, which has been described as a billion-dollar organization that has its own army and controls extensive drug routes throughout the United States.—
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Fewer than three hours later, however, most of that throng trickled out of the stadium in disappointment after watching the Mustangs break a scoreless game at halftime en route to a 21-0 victory.—
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The throngs of young women and the inclusiveness and positivity of it was just mind-blowing.—
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Trump has launched numerous national security probes into potential new tariffs on a wide variety of products.—
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The department has opened numerous probes into the national security ramifications of imports of wind turbines, airplanes, semiconductors, heavy trucks, polysilicon, copper, timber and lumber and critical minerals.—
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The Ryder Cup is the one competition in golf that should be played in front of an intense, feverish crowd, the kind that can’t be captured by the virtual reality headsets European captain Luke Donald gave his players.—
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As a result, Midway Rising will need to use off-site, overflow parking lots when events draw crowds greater than 7,500 people.—
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By midweek, the push was already visible on multiple fronts.—
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The company highlighted that StormBreaker weapon’s small size enables the use of fewer aircraft to take out the same number of targets as larger weapons that require multiple jets.—
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If a rocky Dart debut sends hordes of Giants fans scrambling for higher emotional ground, NBC could veer back into 2012 Ryder Cup territory.—
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Your Toothbrush Toothbrushes are continually exposed to moisture, whether from being used in your mouth (something that naturally contains hordes of germs) or from being stored in a humid bathroom.—
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In a Taiwan contingency, the drones could be used in swarms for saturation strikes or as decoys to reveal air defense sites.—
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Just three days after the drone swarm bombarded Polish air defense systems, a Russian drone crossed into Romanian airspace and prompted a French fighter jet and Polish helicopter to respond under NATO’s Operation Eastern Sentry – a defensive posture the alliance launched just one day prior.—
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“Legion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legion. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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