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 Matos, 23, made the Opening Day roster but has spent most of the season as a platoon bat against left-handed pitching behind Mike Yastrzemski. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025 The Braves are using the lefty-swinging Baldwin in a platoon timeshare with right-handed-hitting Sean Murphy. Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 In the finale of Terminal List season one, Edwards served as the final name on James Reece’s (Pratt) terminal list, signifying the completion of Reece’s tour of vengeance after the mass execution of his former Navy SEALs platoon, as well as his wife and daughter. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025 But witnessing that scene Sunday night, even the most casual fan among a platoon of 50,000 disciples would grin at this once-implausible sight. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for platoon
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Noun
  • Every budgeting article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of personal finance products.
    Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In order to determine if the intriguing minerals were produced by microbial metabolism or an abiotic process, samples collected by the rover would need to be delivered to Earth for further analysis, team members have stressed.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike some other ethnic armed organizations leading insurgencies against the junta, the KNA is a pro-junta militia formally folded into the army’s command.
    Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The individual was discovered inside one of the main landing gear compartments while the maintenance crew was working on the aircraft, which had arrived from Europe, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a news release.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Videos on social media showed large plumes of smoke coming from the church as crews battled the fire.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Using the robotic vehicle, the brigade first delivered supplies to forward positions.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Fragmented response The response to the armed gangs in Haiti has been fragmented, with the government turning to private armed contractors and citizens setting up vigilante brigades.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • The promo confirms that Burke’s battalion chief Vince died in the memory care building fire where he, along with his wife, Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father, retired battalion chief Walter Leone (Jeff Fahey), were trapped with the roof collapsing on them.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Vince's loss appears to have sent ripples throughout the community and left Station 42 looking for a new battalion chief — a job Bode believes is his for the taking.
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The squad has a deeper bench this season thanks to the additions of guards Jordan Clarkson and Malcolm Brogdon and big man Guerschon Yabusele.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Canales opted to go with practice-squad elevation Brandon Walton in the first half before rolling with Brady Christensen thereafter.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Platoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoon. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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