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 On October 15th, Morrison’s team put a dozen climbers, including Chin and several of his film crew, on the summit, more than tripling the historical total of Super Direct summiteers in a single push. — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Encounter The Attack Before The Attacker No amount of training could have re-created every detail Captain Sullenberger and his crew faced when Flight 1549 lost both engines after takeoff. — Lee Rossey, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Emergency crews took 13 people to hospitals, while another 15 reportedly sought treatment on their own, according to the city’s Saturday morning update. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 No injuries have been reported, and crews were still at the scene. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crew

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Noun

Anthropic’s own customer blog profiles Jared Sires, a startup account executive who joined the sales team in 2024 with no coding background.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Jullien Harneis, the UN’s senior Ebola coordinator, said the outbreak’s expanding reach required more teams, coordination and logistical support.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of team

Noun

The discovery raises the possibility of a grim outcome in the search for the four men, which has led to El Salvador deploying 450 special forces soldiers to Haiti as of Friday to aid the gang-fighting force in the search.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
One of the houses reportedly belonged to Chen Mechan, or Mad Dog, the gang accused of launching the attack on the technicians.

— Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of gang

Noun

Kyiv has accused Russian forces of mining nearby roads and using the remaining residents as human shields to prevent Ukraine’s army from conducting offensive operations in the town.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
Will a YouTube viewer spend more than half an hour trying to figure out if Ukraine’s attacks on Russian data centers have decimated an army of propaganda bots?

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of army

Noun

The department uses a three-shift platoon system with a daily minimum of 11 on-duty personnel, per the study.

— Andis Robeznieks, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
Its battery-electric vehicles propel themselves rather than relying on a conventional locomotive, and can operate individually or form coordinated groups, known as platoons.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of platoon

Noun

Visages closed its doors in 2000 amid the shift to digital, industry consolidation and competition from major syndicates including Getty Images and Corbis.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
While some more nefarious syndicates might hold your steering or brakes for ransom, a far more common target is your private information.

— Mike McRae October 20, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of syndicate

Noun

By then Ono had signed on to the artificial intelligence company Axiom Math as its founding mathematician.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Unlike other blockbuster drugs, multiple companies introduced versions, which is both creating competition now and will likely lead to much lower prices in the 2030s when generics become available.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of company

Noun

The additional site will further strengthen the company’s manufacturing network in Colorado and provide additional capacity for its growing space and sensor systems business.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, Elon Musk, who has spent more than four hundred million dollars on Republican campaigns this election cycle, slowed Ukraine’s access to his Starshield satellite network, leaving that country more vulnerable to Russian attacks.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

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