as in team
a group of people working together on a task
will need a platoon of assistants to mount the display at the spring flower show
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Recent Examples of platoon
There’s a drop off in quality after Tucker and Bellinger, but players such as Kepler, Marte and Tauchman would be upgrades over the Giants’ current group and could form half of a platoon.
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
That bet didn't hit, though Kepler did settle into a platoon role in the second half.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The same could happen with the outfield, landing either Kyle Tucker or Cody Bellinger, two big names who would immediately help an outfield platoon that is the team's weakest position group.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The club also might seek a right-handed platoon option as the fourth outfielder as well.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
That bet didn't hit, though Kepler did settle into a platoon role in the second half.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
The same could happen with the outfield, landing either Kyle Tucker or Cody Bellinger, two big names who would immediately help an outfield platoon that is the team's weakest position group.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The club also might seek a right-handed platoon option as the fourth outfielder as well.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platoon
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Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
8 Feb. 2026
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Ruibal and Iglesias, alongside former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin (three players who were team-mates at Betis), are some of the most prominent Spanish football voices on wider social issues.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Facing huge manpower pressures as its war in Ukraine nears the four-year mark, Russia actively promotes the participation of African recruits in its army as part of a broader PR narrative.—
Larry Madowo,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Last week, armed extremists in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 36 people during separate attacks on a construction site and on an army base.—
Tunde Omolehin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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At least seven workers were injured, and a fire sparked by the impact was later extinguished by emergency crews.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Delivering 10x speed and near-perfect accuracy During its real-world deployment on active construction sites, the autonomous drilling robot demonstrated performance that would be difficult to match with conventional crews.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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And Dutch neighbor Belgium has just reactivated two military brigades as part of a wider drive to boost defenses.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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This would include the formation of a new military division consisting of three brigades from the SDF in Hassakeh province, in addition to the formation of a brigade of SDF fighters within a division in Aleppo province.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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President Bola Tinubu’s office said in a statement late Wednesday that a Nigerian army battalion will be deployed to Kwara’s Kaiama area, where the attack happened.—
Ope Adetayo,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Netherlands Ministry of Defense Last year, Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexandria finished 15-months of service as a gunner in an engineering battalion.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Everybody recognises Cristian Romero is one of the best players in Tottenham Hotspur’s squad.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Trent Grisham and Cody Bellinger both returned in free agency as Aaron Boone will have largely the same core as last season’s 92-win ALDS exit squad.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Platoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoon. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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