as in teams
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 brigades
Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
The army has purchased 92 T-72B1 tanks and 123 BMP-3 armored personnel carriers from Russia, which equip the armored brigades alongside 81 AMX-30 tanks previously acquired from France.
—Germán Padinger, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Designed to complement the Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the MV-75 will provide combat aviation brigades and special operations aviation units with a survivable, long-range, high-speed platform capable of operating in contested environments.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
In decades past, residents would form sandbagging brigades when floods threatened, but businesses were often inundated.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
In Mexico, local brigades using the wildfire predicting system had their first fire season with zero fatalities.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
The challenge is less about pulling people off the street and more about improving the quality and capacity of training and integration of Ukrainian infantry into combat brigades.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
Some brigades, including Khartiia and Azov, which are both part of Ukraine's National Guard, feature women in their advertising campaigns.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
A number of other Ukrainian brigades have created their own youth wings.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
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According to sources, confronting the unit directly would require the simultaneous deployment of at least four army brigades.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
The army has purchased 92 T-72B1 tanks and 123 BMP-3 armored personnel carriers from Russia, which equip the armored brigades alongside 81 AMX-30 tanks previously acquired from France.
—Germán Padinger, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Designed to complement the Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the MV-75 will provide combat aviation brigades and special operations aviation units with a survivable, long-range, high-speed platform capable of operating in contested environments.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
In decades past, residents would form sandbagging brigades when floods threatened, but businesses were often inundated.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
In Mexico, local brigades using the wildfire predicting system had their first fire season with zero fatalities.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
The challenge is less about pulling people off the street and more about improving the quality and capacity of training and integration of Ukrainian infantry into combat brigades.
—Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
Some brigades, including Khartiia and Azov, which are both part of Ukraine's National Guard, feature women in their advertising campaigns.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
A number of other Ukrainian brigades have created their own youth wings.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigades
Noun
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The previous Super Bowl between those two teams is regarded as one of the best ever.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Even the championship teams didn’t win in Omaha, but last year the Huskies broke through in large part due to a 38-point effort from Liam McNeeley.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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One thing that bands from the Northeast shared with bands from the Northwest was an appreciation for a good sweater.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
6 Oct. 2025
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Similarly to Dillon, the town of Vail boasts a state-of-the-art amphitheater that bands forgo radius clauses to perform at.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
1 Sep. 2025
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According to the Defense official, the Army plans to ramp up training over the next year, eventually sending in platoons of some 40 soldiers at a time to train.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
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The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical.—
Time,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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National No Kings rallies protest reportedly attracted 7-million participants in October.—
Brian Niemietz,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Supernatural horror rallies in the Catholic countries, Philippines and Asia.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
18 Jan. 2026
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Small armies of volunteers began making food deliveries to immigrants afraid to leave their homes.—
Tim Sullivan,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Republicans now hope to build on that law with even greater appropriations this year, providing ICE with more funding than most foreign militaries, including the armies of Iran, Turkey, Canada and Mexico.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Blackwood’s absence piles it on with several layers of awful.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 Jan. 2026
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Then Carol piles everything on her plate into a rough slice of avocado toast, mashing them together in an improvised layer.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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Photo by Anne Arundel County Fire Department In Harford County, crews rescued four cows, a bull and a horse after a barn collapsed.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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However, one quick look at what companies like Boston Dynamics has achieved with robots like the rather creepy dog-like ‘Spot,’ who herds sheep in New Zealand, and the possibilities seem endless.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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