as in team
a group of people working together on a task the cleaning squad usually arrives after regular business hours

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Recent Examples of squad Additionally, teams will be made up of squads representing companies including Beatport, CAA, Capital Records, Red Light Management, Infamous, Symphonic Distribution and Stratasonic. Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025 Lohner spent Week 2 on the practice squad. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025 Perhaps a surprise omission from Pochettino’s squad for the last two USMNT games, the in-form striker responded in the best way possible on Saturday as his Coventry City team went up against Josh Sargent’s Norwich. Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 Still, Napheesa Collier, who led five Lynx players in double figures with 20 points and six rebounds, said her squad will not be complacent for Wednesday’s Game 2. Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for squad
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Noun
  • The expansion team has lost each of its last five games against the Lynx, and most recently suffered one of their worst losses of the season in Game 1 on Sunday in a 29-point defeat.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • It was also carried out in collaboration with Professor Hyun-Kon Song’s team at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST).
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By the end of the penultimate episode, Kupuohi and Ka’ahumanu are able to convince Kamehameha to use Ka’iana’s red-mouthed weapons in order to have a fighting chance against Keōua’s army.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Japanese media reported that the NMESIS was deployed at a Japanese army base on the island on Monday.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jones detailed new de-icing equipment, dedicated crews, and a central dashboard so all departments can see in real-time how their decisions impact the entire network.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As of Sunday midnight, a fire crew of three has achieved full containment of the blaze.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Matos, 23, made the Opening Day roster but has spent most of the season as a platoon bat against left-handed pitching behind Mike Yastrzemski.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Braves are using the lefty-swinging Baldwin in a platoon timeshare with right-handed-hitting Sean Murphy.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squad. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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