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as in teams
a group of people working together on a task
a gang of neighborhood residents spent the weekend cleaning up the park
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as in communities
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
the whole gang went out for pizza the school's computer hackers had their own little gang
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as in Mafias
a group involved in secret or criminal activities
politicians promising to stop the growth of inner-city gangs
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Recent Examples of gangs
Harry Harris, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The shooter and victim were members of rival motorcycle gangs, according to court documents.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Criminality has shot up across the territory during the war; some of it is attributable to Israeli military support for clan gangs that have systematically looted aid convoys.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
Between July and August, gangs increasingly targeted farming communities on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince and in other areas of the country, and staged multiple attacks against the national police.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Some cultural differences slipped through their eyes, and New York gangs sometimes spoke like poets.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
These internal cliques, or deputy gangs, which have been tied to specific LASD precincts, have names like the Banditos, the Grim Reapers, and the Regulators.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
In the current funding lapse — which is already longer than most previous government shutdowns — those gangs are nowhere to be found.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
What To Know The newest threat follows reports of fresh violence in Gaza as Hamas cracks down on gangs in the territory.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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The Sureño gangs requires new members to undergo an initiation — either a 13-second beating, or in some cases, an act of violence against a rival, police said in court records.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The shooter and victim were members of rival motorcycle gangs, according to court documents.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Criminality has shot up across the territory during the war; some of it is attributable to Israeli military support for clan gangs that have systematically looted aid convoys.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
Between July and August, gangs increasingly targeted farming communities on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince and in other areas of the country, and staged multiple attacks against the national police.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Some cultural differences slipped through their eyes, and New York gangs sometimes spoke like poets.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
These internal cliques, or deputy gangs, which have been tied to specific LASD precincts, have names like the Banditos, the Grim Reapers, and the Regulators.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
In the current funding lapse — which is already longer than most previous government shutdowns — those gangs are nowhere to be found.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
What To Know The newest threat follows reports of fresh violence in Gaza as Hamas cracks down on gangs in the territory.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangs
Noun
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There aren't a ton of great options in free agency, though there may not be too many choices at all via trade either, as most teams have their starter and backup quarterbacks locked in and won't be looking to part with either at this point in the year.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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The series pits teams of two contestants, who usually know each other prior, against each other in a race across unfamiliar lands toward a $1 million cash prize.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Jamaican government issued mandatory evacuation orders on Sunday for the most vulnerable coastal communities, according to CNN.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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In recent days, the grassroots effort has spread, as messages offering and seeking assistance are cut, copied and pasted throughout communities big and small, connecting neighbors and finding those in need tangible help.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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After crunching the numbers to exclude armies of data-scraping AI bots, the Wikimedia Foundation says that between March and August this year, the number of Wikipedia page views coming from real humans declined by 8% year-on-year.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Oct. 2025
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And, while large-scale armies were attacking one another with a vast arsenal of technological advancements, De Stijl architects and theorists were observing great opportunities for a better world based on this massive scale and these new technologies.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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Ticket buyers were mostly younger males, with men accounting for 61% of audiences and 24 to 34-year-olds representing 39% of crowds.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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Shoulder-to-shoulder crowds gathered at the Sikh temple in Sutter County Sunday for an annual celebration that has grown exponentially in its 46 years of existence.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Such crackdowns attract notice from Boswell, who detects a civilian ally in his fight against local syndicates.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has disabled more than 2,500 Starlink devices in and around scam centers in Myanmar, following warnings from activists that mainly Chinese syndicates were using the technology to defraud people worldwide.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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The fire suppression efforts involve seven engines, four water tenders and four hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Now that the Flower Magazine showcase has ended, Steve Fridrich said crews will work to reset its staging.—
Rachel Wegner,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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These internal cliques, or deputy gangs, which have been tied to specific LASD precincts, have names like the Banditos, the Grim Reapers, and the Regulators.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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At the Dallas Street property, small cliques of armed men, mostly Venezuelans and Mexicans, fought an ongoing turf war.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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But Gaza is home to numerous clans and militant groups, with score-settling and criminality posing a threat to order in the Palestinian enclave, even after the ceasefire.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Gangs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangs. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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