PHALANX Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

phalanx

noun

Definition of phalanx

as in group

formal a large collection of people, animals, or things often placed close together A solid phalanx of armed guards stood in front of the castle. She had to go through a phalanx of television cameras.

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Recent Examples of phalanx Tesla celebrated with servers on roller skates delivering orders, a Skypad DJ, and a phalanx of Cybercabs (4 in total), among other things. — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 And the idea carries the support of a broad phalanx of local investors, entrepreneurs and, well, billionaires, collectively known as the Dreamers. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026 Instead of the usual phalanx of cars and buses, Saturday evening traffic on Wilshire Boulevard was replaced by massive balloons, mobile sculptures, gaggles of gallerists and an endless array of elaborate costumes. — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026 Early on during the march, firefighters extinguished a Tesla that was set ablaze next to the central bus stop and a phalanx of riot police cordoned off a secure area as a crowd congregated nearby. — Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for phalanx

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Noun

Already, multiple House Republicans; key GOP candidates; and two bipartisan groups of senators have pushed back on the move.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Our ambition is to bring together creative and operational talent within a group that stays human in scale.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of group

Noun

Numan said Iraq had established two joint Iraqi-Kurdish brigades focusing on counter-ISIS operations.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
Gómez Vergara’s documentary revisits Chile’s social uprising through a health brigade treating protesters injured by police repression, connecting present violence with dictatorship-era wounds.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of brigade

Noun

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
Long Island native Omer Neutra was killed while serving as a tank platoon commander at the time of the attacks.

— Christina Fan, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of platoon

Noun

In separate local elections, various independent candidates and groupings appeared to be winning most seats nationwide, a traditional result.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, of the 105 political parties and groupings qualified to participate, only 33 had successfully submitted their membership lists.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of grouping

Noun

The intensity of their yearning has only increased on their second album, Nature’s Pill—and that’s no easy feat, considering this is a band whose breakout track opens with the narrator prostrating himself before the object of his affection.

— Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026
The Big 3 — Verizon , AT & T and T-Mobile — have lost billions in market value since SpaceX announced an acquisition of low-band spectrum last week.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of band

Noun

So Sherman bought a bunch of funky fabric and cheap rhinestone jewelry and recreated the poses herself, as only the great artist of our postmodern age could.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
Of course, the first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, remains the best of the bunch, but there’s some value and fun in Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade too (and even parts of Crystal Skull.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of bunch

Noun

The Fresno County district attorney’s office announced Tuesday that David Gonzalez III was being charged with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, elder abuse, vandalism and battery.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Rising global demand to extract battery metals like cobalt, nickel, and manganese makes mining increasingly likely.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of battery

Noun

The video concludes with André and his securtiy walking away from Hanks and his posse.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Then came Rob Bonta and the California attorney general’s posse of 12 states who filed suit in July with plans to block the deal, as the last obstacle.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

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