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
When a 23-year-old platoon commander was transferred to Khartiia from a regular unit, he was put in charge of ground robotic systems used routinely for supply delivery and evacuation.
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ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
The busiest single day saw 12 new clients join, with one person saying four other members of their platoon were also interested.
—Tom Bowman, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
The New York Yankees had planned on having a straight platoon at third base this season, with McMahon facing right-handed pitching and Amed Rosario playing against lefties.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Most notably, he was deployed as a platoon leader in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from 2010-2011.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
The busiest single day saw 12 new clients join, with one person saying four other members of their platoon were also interested.
—Tom Bowman, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
The New York Yankees had planned on having a straight platoon at third base this season, with McMahon facing right-handed pitching and Amed Rosario playing against lefties.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Most notably, he was deployed as a platoon leader in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from 2010-2011.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platoon
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The team’s early, anemic offense came with starter Max Fried holding the game together, pitching eight innings while allowing six hits, no walks and striking out six batters.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Later that afternoon, Miller and his team got to work on the second bedroom.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, took part in a preliminary meeting Wednesday with Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief of staff, Iranian state media reported.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Pakistan’s army chief arrived Wednesday for talks in Tehran in the latest diplomatic move to ease tensions in the Middle East and arrange a second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran after almost seven weeks of war.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Reis talked her way onto a crew member’s unofficial salvage expedition.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the skipper and the rest of the crew work frantically to put the ship about and head back to recover the person.—
David Szondy
April 19,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2026
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In Cairo, a famously nocturnal city, shops and restaurants are now forced to close at 9 pm, with police brigades sweeping through the broad downtown avenues to urge everyone to go home.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Another brigade trained at the Hanging Lake Tunnel in Glenwood Canyon.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
9 Apr. 2026
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Military under severe strain The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) last month diverted a combat battalion from the northern border with Lebanon to the West Bank amid the wartime surge in settler violence.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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The cat who died, from a different apartment, was retrieved by firefighters and reunited with its owners, the battalion chief said.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Simpson scored on Diaz’s eighth-inning single and the game’s game-winning run, proving costly for a Yankees squad now facing a series sweep on Sunday.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Carter, who appeared in only 27 of Sacramento’s first 71 games this season, went 11 of 18 from the field and 6 of 11 from 3-point range, torching a Golden State squad that didn’t want him last summer when the Kings and Warriors discussed a trade for Jonathan Kuminga.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Platoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoon. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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