as in team
a group of people working together on a task will need a platoon of assistants to mount the display at the spring flower show

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Recent Examples of platoon His splits are minimal, so a platoon wouldn't be necessary. Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 Robert should drop off the Phils’ wish-list amid a miserable season but Mullins (11 HRs, eight SBs) would be an improvement over the Marsh-Rojas platoon in center. Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025 But there is also not a right-handed option that the Padres have confidence in to platoon at DH or pinch-hit against lefties. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025 Eichenberg struggled as a starter at right guard in 2024 and, by season’s end, was part of a platoon at the position with Isaiah Wynn. David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for platoon
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Noun
  • However, the team did receive good news about outfielder Starting Marte.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
  • Generally filled with Lakers fans when the team plays in the summer, the arena was full of emotion with a fair share of Mavericks fans in attendance to see the 2025 National College Player of the Year.
    Staff, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • With an army of 222 million followers, his social voice and willingness to traffic in objectionable content or conspiracy theories proved a major hurdle to advertisers.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 July 2025
  • Russia’s bigger army also is trying hard to break through at some points along the roughly 1,000-kilometer front line, where Ukrainian forces are severely stretched.
    Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Thanks to a 911 call from one of the bystanders watching from a nearby condominium balcony, members of a marine rescue crew eventually made their way to the two men.
    Michele Haddon, USA Today, 14 July 2025
  • According to the company's spokesperson, only a skeleton crew of skilled trades workers were there.
    Aurora Sousanis, Freep.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Ukraine’s brigades were unable to overcome Russia’s rudimentary but effective minefields and other physical barriers, while Russian drones wreaked havoc on Ukraine’s armored vehicles.
    JON FINER, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2025
  • The land’s importance for training and deterrence Other live-fire training areas in Hawaii are too small to accommodate battalions and brigades.
    Audrey McAvoy, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Five engines, two trucks, one squad, three ambulances, and three battalion chiefs assisted in fighting the fire.
    Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • Two battalion chiefs were killed, and one engineer was injured in the attack.
    Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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  • Even Jofra Archer has got the go ahead to hang out with the squad just in case there’s a chance to have a shot at Test cricket for the first time in four years later in the summer.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The Nice men’s squad is a regular in the top half of Ligue 1, finishing in the top 10 every campaign starting in 2015-16, though never higher than third.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 1 July 2025

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“Platoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoon. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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