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  • plural of hive.
  • present tense form of hive (3rd person singular).
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hives

[hahyvz] / haɪvz /


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These computing hives generate data, jobs, income, wealth and not much else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Al-Dabba and his sons, donning protective netted hats and wielding metal bee smokers, gently inspect the neat rows of teeming hives.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Honeybees typically nest above ground in hollow trees or managed hives, and their colonies usually contain between 30,000 and 60,000 bees.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

The most common symptoms are hives and gastrointestinal issues, but symptoms can progress to shortness of breath and even anaphylactic shock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

She’d only imagined the Rusties working in the giant stone hives and struggling to escape on that last, horrible day.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld




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