Thesaurus results for PLATOON

platoon

noun

plə-ˈtün

Definition of platoon

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 Certain changeups have reverse platoon splits in the Stuff+ model. — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The Dodgers don’t yet plan to set up a platoon with Teoscar Hernández in left field, Roberts said, despite his struggles against right-handed pitching. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 In 2004, Weaver's platoon was caught in a firefight in an Afghan village. — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026 With his ability to hit left-handed pitching, the Mets saw a role for him as a platoon DH. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for platoon

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And there, Guadagnino says, gesturing to a section covered by a red tarp, is where his team built the men’s bathrooms where some computer scientists have a pissing contest.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
In a 2016 preprint paper, a team of computer scientists asked whether every election has at least one council in the core.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of team

Noun

In fact, when Sandy sits down the crew for a pre-pickup meeting and urges them to leave their baggage behind, Gen nods knowingly.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
Possessing a Midwestern accent, Calvin Klein dresses, Black American skin and hair care products, and a butter-pecan skin tone, Ericka quickly wins over the crew Paulina has ruled for years.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of crew

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

By storing blood in two battalion chief vehicles, paramedics are able to begin transfusions at the scene of a severe bleeding emergency instead of having to wait until the victim arrives at a hospital.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
The blasts occurred after the battalion commander leading the 18-member team decided to end the mission and withdraw because the unit was too close to the demarcation line, the Joint Chiefs said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

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