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There is a plethora of other examples of blatant mistreatment which I'll gladly share with anyone who cares enough to listen.

Should I use the plural instead?

There are a plethora of other examples of blatant mistreatment which I'll gladly share with anyone who cares enough to listen.

Tommy O'Neill
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According to Collins dictionary "plethora" is a singular noun, so "is" would seem to be correct.

See: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/plethora

Dave Potts
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  • Yes, but the same could be said of lot and number, and yet we say 'there are a lot of . . .' and 'there are a number of . . .'. The question is whether plethora is analogous to lot and number. – jsw29 Mar 05 '21 at 21:43