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detachments

noun

plural of detachment

as in patrols

a small military unit with a special task or function the general sent a detachment ahead to scout the enemy's position

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Recent Examples of detachments His career spanned roles as Naval Security Group detachments in Japan and San Diego. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026 Additional police resources were deployed to the area from neighboring detachments, along with the North District Emergency Response Team. — Alexandra Koch , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026 The Israeli military has amassed two major groups of armored vehicles in Sheikh Radwan, to the north of Gaza City, according to the imagery, with additional detachments of armored vehicles stationed along roads that lead toward Israel. — CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025 Although the much smaller Michino’o/Togitsu metal foundry detachments could not compete with the Ōhashi unit in terms of sheer noise and numbers, these girls were in high spirits this fine and yet‑too‑hot hot morning. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025

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In Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s La Bola Negra (Netflix), Cruz plays a bawdy cabaret singer entertaining troops during the Spanish Civil War.

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
On March 1, one day into the Iran war, an Iranian Shahed drone struck Khork's position, killing him and five other American troops.

— Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of troops

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Nor could Grossman write about collaborators or the punishment battalions composed of convicts that were used as cannon fodder (one of many parallels between the conduct of the Soviet army and the present-day Russian military in Ukraine).

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
In northern Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts, Russian forces are reportedly disbanding some tank battalions and reallocating younger servicemembers to drone units, while assigning other personnel to assault units.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of battalions

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Sunderland, of course, spent heavily last season after coming up from the Championship, and there is a broad consensus that promoted teams need to do so to quickly bring their squads up to scratch.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Eight of the top 10 largest stadiums in the world sit on college campuses, but college teams are far more regionalized than NFL squads.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of squads

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Civil Protection units, supported by army squadrons, were still battling flare-ups in the provinces of Sétif and Guelma this week, where large swathes of forests have been burned.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
What was left of the RAF fighter squadrons flew home while the Army units plus what was left of the French Army fell back on the beaches of Dunkirk on the Channel coast.

— David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of squadrons

Noun

The Phillies will run outfield platoons in left and center for the remainder of the season.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Multiple schools across three states will soon have their own veritable platoons of pepper-spraying drones to hunt down active shooters, The Washington Post reports, waiting to spring into action the moment they’re called on.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026

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