phalanx
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- noun
- /ˈfeɪlæŋks/
- And we see today a whole phalanx of start-ups in the EV space.
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Watch on YouTubeYou just have to interact with so many layers of people and a phalanx of lawyers.
- You just have to interact with so many layers of people and a phalanx of lawyers.
- So that is a phalanx of power that's very hard to defeat.
Examples
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Outside the theatre, Oswald, his eye blackened, is led out by the phalanx of officers.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Cardinal was with a small phalanx of priests and servers.
Blog text (5) -
Across from the station is a phalanx of some fifty men of the Fruit of Islam.
Fiction book (1992) -
Charlie looks around at the phalanx of bodyguards.
Fiction book (1991) -
So that is a phalanx of power that's very hard to defeat.
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The street was being swept clean by a phalanx of city workers, and well before noon a crowd had gathered.
Fiction book (1995) -
Washington came out to a platform near the elm, surrounded by a phalanx of men, and the crowd, especially the young men, cheered.
Fiction book (2002) -
Ellie, surrounded by a phalanx of security, moves quickly through the nightmarish mob scene.
Fiction book (1997) -
We hit the sidewalk and mingled with a phalanx of theatergoers.
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The protestors formed a phalanx in front of the government building, determined to make their voices heard.
Synonyms
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2.3
An organized group of people like soldiers or police
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1.0
A large group of people organized to do one job
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5.8
A group of people organized to work or fight together
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A group of people or animals that move together in an orderly way
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A line of soldiers holding shields close together to form a strong defence
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Etymology
Phalanx comes from an old Greek word meaning 'line' or 'finger', so a phalanx of people or things is a group packed together and acting as one, like fingers pressed side by side to make a single force.