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
Omer’s tank platoon was overrun by militants and he was killed, however his parents only learned of his death more than a year later.
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Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
One of the kids, an athletic-looking teenager named Ladislav, told me that 1654 is organized into platoons that train with Kraken commanders.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
He and Pat were assigned to different platoons and rarely saw each other.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Minogue is a 1989 graduate of West Point who served as an infantry platoon leader in Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 successful coalition invasion of Iraq to liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
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Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
One of the kids, an athletic-looking teenager named Ladislav, told me that 1654 is organized into platoons that train with Kraken commanders.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
He and Pat were assigned to different platoons and rarely saw each other.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Minogue is a 1989 graduate of West Point who served as an infantry platoon leader in Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 successful coalition invasion of Iraq to liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platoon
Noun
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Green was quick to point out that every team that has won a championship featured a strong defense.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Among the other teams listed as a best fit are the Cubs, Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Haydar was prisoner 13077 at Abu Ghraib, one of those photographed by the American army prison guards in various positions of agony.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Players could control a huge cast of classic characters from the franchise in a toybox mash-up of different eras, wiping out armies of bad guys at a clip.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Quince’s Mongolian Cashmere comes in a signature crew style that can easily be layered.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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With a game-winning 49-yard field goal by rookie kicker Ryan Fitzgerald, Dave Canales’ crew is positioned for a playoff push .—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
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Among the attendees, Teyana Taylor, Meghann Fahy and more led a brigade of designer looks from off the runway and more.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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The brigade, which was created in 2004 and specializes in crime impacting individuals, made a wave of arrests in December 2024 and February 2025.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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Petula says there are stories about a mythical cat that stalks the woods near the battlefields at night, and tales of entire battalions of Confederate soldier ghosts roaming the military park.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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The soldiers, identified as Major Yaniv Kula, 26, a company commander in the 932nd Battalion of the Nahal Brigade, and Staff Sergeant Itay Yavetz, 21, a combat soldier in the same battalion, were both based in Modi’in-Maccabim-Reut.—
Greg Norman , Trey Yingst,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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However, the team did add a Kraft replacement to the roster not long after the deadline, adding former Tennessee Titans TE Josh Whyle to the active roster from the practice squad, as confirmed by the team.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Taylor has been on the practice squad all season.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Platoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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