as in team
a group of people working together on a task
a clean-up brigade put the parish hall back in good order
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Recent Examples of brigade
Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The Israel Defense Forces conducted approximately 80 brigade-level counterterrorism operations over the past year in the West Bank — known to Israelis as Judea and Samaria — neutralizing hundreds of terrorists and seizing more than 1,300 weapons, according to data released by the military.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
This strain of eliminationism is not simply a derangement of the political right; the notes sounded by the dollars versus deaths brigade come straight from the liberal hymnbook.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 May 2020
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Noun
And Dutch neighbor Belgium has just reactivated two military brigades as part of a wider drive to boost defenses.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The Israel Defense Forces conducted approximately 80 brigade-level counterterrorism operations over the past year in the West Bank — known to Israelis as Judea and Samaria — neutralizing hundreds of terrorists and seizing more than 1,300 weapons, according to data released by the military.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
These communities have also been known to brigade other subreddits, meaning members would hop into other subreddits and spam them with falsehoods about the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin or the effectiveness of vaccines.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
This strain of eliminationism is not simply a derangement of the political right; the notes sounded by the dollars versus deaths brigade come straight from the liberal hymnbook.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 May 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigade
Noun
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Miami arrived in Los Angeles as the team to beat, with high morale and ambition to defend its title.—
Jad El Reda
Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The Americans are underdogs with attitude, a team capable of winning, but failure will not define them like, say, a Super Bowl.—
Denver Post,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In recent days, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, and bands Beach Bunny and Wednesday, also have left the agency, Deadline reported.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
10 Feb. 2026
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She was then banded, released back into the wild in 2022 and monitored from afar by researchers at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In 1996, former President Chun Doo-hwan, an army major general, was convicted for seizing power in a 1979 military coup and presiding over the 1980 Gwangju massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The two armies remain locked in battle on the roughly 750-mile front line, while Russia bombards civilian areas of Ukraine daily.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Canada and Finland both rallied back from deficits to win in overtime.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Canada ultimately rallied to defeat Czechia in overtime thanks to goals from Nathan MacKinnon, Nick Suzuki, and Mitch Marner.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Rescuers located five additional victims that night, but worsening weather and avalanche danger forced crews to suspend recovery operations until mitigation efforts could be completed.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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As the storm closes in and then starts hitting airports, some flights may be canceled for a day or two after the weather clears, as airlines work to get all their aircraft and crews back into place for normal operations.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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You and your daughter are fitted with masks before you are brought in through a side door to avoid contaminating the waiting room, and then herded into an isolated negative-pressure room designed to prevent the aerosolized virus from traveling into the hall.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Republican margins in Congress are extremely slim and getting members to coalesce behind one blueprint will be like herding cats.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Halverson — a sergeant in the 4th Platoon, G Company, of the 1st Battalion — led a platoon of soldiers north from Naples, Italy up to the border of Switzerland.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
24 Feb. 2026
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Andy Ibáñez is gone, leaving Jones as the top right-handed platoon bat with MLB experience.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Jones, a 61-year-old permanent resident originally from Nashville, said the magazine's readers are mostly American and Canadian tourists who flock to Puerto Vallarta, which has long been a global LGBTQ+ tourist hub.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Punch and his surrogate mother went viral and visitors flocked to the zoo to see him.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Brigade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brigade. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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