Thesaurus results for CREW

crew

noun

ˈkrü

Definition of crew

as in team

a group of people working together on a task we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow

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a group involved in secret or criminal activities when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew

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Recent Examples of crew Fire officials said crews responded to I-95 just past Exit 77. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Schools across the county were closed Monday because of the evacuations and to keep roads clear for emergency crews. — Haven Daly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Video showed heavy smoke with the glow of flames showing through the haze as fire crews poured streams of water on the blaze. — City News Service, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026 Along with their production crew, who went ahead to test internet connections, meet locals, and scout each stop, Al-Emad and Andrijasevic were less concerned with manufacturing confrontations than letting local people show them around. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crew

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Noun

Though Derrick Moore had never played or coached the sport, that didn’t stop him from starting a team so the students could have an extracurricular activity to call their own.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
The announcement, made on star Teja Sajja‘s birthday, also confirms the film’s cast and creative team.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of team

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But the law caught up to him, and he was indicted in late 2012 as part of a larger gang takedown.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
The family sat grim-faced and rarely physically reacted to the extensive testimony about gang violence and Tupac Shakur’s doomed trip to Las Vegas.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

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Last week, the army announced criminal investigations into two other high-profile attacks by its troops in Gaza — the 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, and the 2025 killing of 15 paramedics.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Ruling against the army doesn’t mean the army will behave any differently.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

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Team pillars generally can’t be platoon bats The Nationals have the highest-scoring offense in MLB and arguably the best platoon-hitting offense in baseball.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
In 2004, Weaver's platoon was caught in a firefight in an Afghan village.

— Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of platoon

Noun

When he's appointed interim sheriff of a tiny Minnesota town, Ulysses Richardson intervenes in a botched bank robbery, discovering a stash of gold and heavy weapons that belong to a Yakuza crime syndicate.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
No, this a league run by an elite, backroom syndicate where real power-brokers hatch blockbuster moves long before any transaction window officially opens.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of syndicate

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Logistics company Flexport, which had 30 containers aboard that lucky ship, said the backlog at the Panama Canal’s Pacific end is the worst since May, when wait times increased because of conflict over the Strait of Hormuz.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
One Buford company is trying to change that by combining the look of a vintage car with the technology and comfort of a modern luxury vehicle.

— Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of company

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Charles Bradshaw, community plans and liaison officer at Naval Base Coronado, said the bridge preserves vital defense access as part of the strategic highway network.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
Cape Newenham is part of a network of remote radar sites that monitors aircraft operating in Alaska’s airspace and along its borders.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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