platoons

plural of platoon
as in teams
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 platoons Its battery-electric vehicles propel themselves rather than relying on a conventional locomotive, and can operate individually or form coordinated groups, known as platoons. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 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 The welcome ceremony was also set to include a flyover by two B-1 bombers, flower presenters, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries. — Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 The Phillies will run outfield platoons in left and center for the remainder of the season. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Multiple schools across three states will soon have their own veritable platoons of pepper-spraying drones to hunt down active shooters, The Washington Post reports, waiting to spring into action the moment they’re called on. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026 In the coming years, as Erik Neander took over the baseball operations department, the Rays were at the forefront of analytics with defensive shifts, aggressive platoons, utilizing openers, creating a menagerie of arm slots in the bullpen and, yes, prioritizing exit velocity. — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026 According to the Defense official, the Army plans to ramp up training over the next year, eventually sending in platoons of some 40 soldiers at a time to train. — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025 The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical. — Time, 5 Nov. 2025
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Noun
  • So instead of making teams whole each time, the NFL now just pays teams’ travel expenses for their international game under the rationale that every team will lose a home game—and, in turn, home game ticket revenue—during that time.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • More offices reported investments in luxury assets, from watches, fine jewelry, art and spirits to sports teams and music rights.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In the post–Cold War era, the United States has perfected the art of airpower—winning control of the skies so that enemy armies, navies, and territory can be bombed at will—to a degree that no country or even alliance of countries has matched.
    — Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Russia and Ukraine have been waging a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Amador County Sheriff's Office lobby was also closed to the public while crews responded.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Short-term, month-to-month rentals (the kind that often show up on a rent roll in a town that runs on rotating crews) were disappearing.
    — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • After a long offseason and (short) preseason, all 32 squads are back in action.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Tonight brings the third time these two quarterbacks will match up with these two squads.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Nor could Grossman write about collaborators or the punishment battalions composed of convicts that were used as cannon fodder (one of many parallels between the conduct of the Soviet army and the present-day Russian military in Ukraine).
    — Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In northern Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts, Russian forces are reportedly disbanding some tank battalions and reallocating younger servicemembers to drone units, while assigning other personnel to assault units.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Oracle hasn't disclosed the names of companies that choose this path.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
  • North Carolina law bars local governments from setting wages at private companies, including airlines, according to the city.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Numan said Iraq had established two joint Iraqi-Kurdish brigades focusing on counter-ISIS operations.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • So far, no mainstream Democratic politician has seemed willing to stir up the hornet’s nest by taking on the progressive brigades.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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“Platoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoons. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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