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as in gangs
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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as in teams
a group of people working together on a task
we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow
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Recent Examples of crews
The elite Rubicon drone formation has been targeting logistics hubs on the Pokrovsk–Kostiantynivka front, cutting off resupply to frontline drone crews.
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David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Around 18 firefighter crews responded to the scene and searched for several hours for victims, while residents were evacuated from the area following the blast, El País reported.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Conditions in McKinley Grove are improving, and crews have begun removing the sprinkler systems and hoses that were installed to protect the Giant Sequoias.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Gun crews around the city opened fire.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) crews are set to begin a number of construction work across the state this week, as state officials continue projects before winter weather sets in.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
To counter the explosive projectiles, Russian tank crews began mounting homemade cages above their turrets to cushion the tanks from blasts.
—Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Ambulance crews carry defibrillators, but in remote or rural areas, delays are common.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Media crews jostled for position outside the courthouse as Justice Christopher Beale took his seat in front of a camera inside Court 4 to deliver Patterson’s sentence.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Around 18 firefighter crews responded to the scene and searched for several hours for victims, while residents were evacuated from the area following the blast, El País reported.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Conditions in McKinley Grove are improving, and crews have begun removing the sprinkler systems and hoses that were installed to protect the Giant Sequoias.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Gun crews around the city opened fire.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) crews are set to begin a number of construction work across the state this week, as state officials continue projects before winter weather sets in.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
To counter the explosive projectiles, Russian tank crews began mounting homemade cages above their turrets to cushion the tanks from blasts.
—Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Ambulance crews carry defibrillators, but in remote or rural areas, delays are common.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Media crews jostled for position outside the courthouse as Justice Christopher Beale took his seat in front of a camera inside Court 4 to deliver Patterson’s sentence.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crews
Noun
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Gerson believes the gangs have retreated.—
Johnny Fils-Aimé,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Last November, gangs opened fire on a Spirit Airlines flight landing in Port-au-Prince, striking a flight attendant who received minor injuries.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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The big focus from the new rules are on things related to teams of super heroes.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Lloyd is 100 percent correct that throwing him into his first start against any of those teams could end up being a massive mistake and could set him up for failure.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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This creates a need to expand collection networks, boost consumer participation and design for textile-to-textile recyclability.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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Broadcast and cable networks like CNN did show some of the footage, but stopped the images and ran only audio, with the sounds of those in the crowd screaming.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s grandiose displays of brute force—the massing of weapons of war and platoons of masked, unidentified combat fighters targeting the very civilian populations they are commissioned to protect—does not bring reassurance.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Russian assault platoons are rushing behind ukrainian lines.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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Behind these scams, according to the Commission's findings, Chinese crime syndicates have aligned themselves with Beijing's geopolitical agenda.—
Mike Kuiken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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These scam centers mushroomed especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, when Chinese criminal syndicates found a new use for empty casinos and hotels.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In desperate need of shelf-stable foods to feed his armies, Napoléon Bonaparte offered a reward of 12,000 francs to anyone who could invent a new method of food preservation.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bluesky, part of the decentralized internet, is slower paced and caters to niche interests, rewarding internecine fights over minutiae, whereas X is deliberately chaotic, encouraging the gathering of follower-armies and ideological insult-comedy for an audience that may be largely made up of bots.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And just like historical colonialism, this influence flows primarily in one direction – from powerful tech companies to the rest of us.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Florida Republican also called for social media companies to take down the videos capturing the moments he was shot.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Yet the unit also targets dissenters and those, including various clans, some backed by Israel, that dare to defy Hamas’s rule.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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His death effectively ended the O’More as one of the major Irish clans.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Crews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crews. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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