platoon

noun

plə-ˈtün How to pronounce platoon (audio)
Definition of platoonnext
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 Dombrowski spent the offseason touting Kemp as a potential platoon partner with Marsh; that was ambitious. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The welcome ceremony also included a flyover by two B-1 bombers, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries. — Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026 Cox and Gilbert have the makings of a fine center field platoon, and Cox’s elite speed and defensive versatility fit on any roster. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2026 After our march onto the field, our platoon retreated and became disorganized. — Brooke Lamantia, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for platoon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platoon
  1. team
  2. army
  3. crew
  4. brigade
  5. battalion
  6. squad
Noun
  • Anthropic’s own customer blog profiles Jared Sires, a startup account executive who joined the sales team in 2024 with no coding background.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Jullien Harneis, the UN’s senior Ebola coordinator, said the outbreak’s expanding reach required more teams, coordination and logistical support.
    — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of team
Noun
  • The soldiers, aviation technicians with the Salvandoran army, were victims of a gang ambush on Sunday in the Santo area of Croix-des-Bouquets, east of Port-au-Prince, while on their way back to camp after visiting a local supermarket.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • According to Moussa Ag Acharatoumane, the armed group attacked civilians, accusing them of revealing ISSP positions to the Malian army who had been conducting a drone strike on the group.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of army
Noun
  • The October 19 exercise tested how the vessel handled changing mission requirements and simulated machinery failures without onboard crew intervention.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For the first four games, the Chiefs’ wide receiver crew came up big.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of crew
Noun
  • In that time, the drone flew almost 40 miles, with Ukrainian units using other drones to distract the Russian military, the brigade said.
    — Mariia Kashchenko, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The SkyFall drone was sent to a Ukrainian brigade for frontline testing starting in October, according to The Associated Press.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of brigade
Noun
  • Mazor said the military recognized the scale of settler violence and has sent additional battalions to the West Bank to contain it.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The East Palestine fire battalion chief, who is also the Columbiana County Emergency Management deputy director, and his colleagues across various neighboring agencies quickly realized the magnitude of the event.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of battalion
Noun
  • The pre-selection debates about three- or four-loss SEC squads and some team no one actually watches will prove incredibly tiresome, too.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Tre Tyus called up from practice squad, the big punt block at the end was huge, and the guys came together and found a way to win.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of squad

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