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
Vogt is all but certain to win again, despite Hinch’s deft handling of the Tigers’ tricky platoons across the board.
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Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Trump’s grandiose displays of brute force—the massing of weapons of war and platoons of masked, unidentified combat fighters targeting the very civilian populations they are commissioned to protect—does not bring reassurance.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Russian assault platoons are rushing behind ukrainian lines.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Trump’s grandiose displays of brute force—the massing of weapons of war and platoons of masked, unidentified combat fighters targeting the very civilian populations they are commissioned to protect—does not bring reassurance.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Russian assault platoons are rushing behind ukrainian lines.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platoons
Noun
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The Buffalo Bills are off to a great start this season with a 4-0 record and are one of just two remaining undefeated teams.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Like the Signature Slim Solar+ K980, there’s also an MX Master 4 for Business variant that offers compatibility with Logi Tune and Logitech Sync, two Logitech platforms designed to help IT teams monitor, manage, and optimize Logitech devices.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The initiative highlights how the war in Ukraine blurs the line between civilian tech and military hardware, as armies seek to field cost-effective solutions of industrial strain and battlefield urgency.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Recent history in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq suggests that insurgencies can wear down regular armies over time.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sylvia said fire crews had to access the scene by driving in the wrong direction from 59th Street.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Emergency medical crews took the man to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 2025
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Will four of the most surprising 6-0 squads in the Nashville area — Antioch, Grace Christian, Lebanon and Whites Creek — remain unbeaten after Week 7?—
Jacob Shames,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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Rio Ngumoha became the youngest player to start a first team game for Liverpool in January (16 years 135 days) and has been a Premier League match-winner for them this season, with Trey Nyoni (who turned 18 in June) also a regular in squads.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The future belongs to a smaller pool of elite innovators — not vast back-office battalions.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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For some battalions, including Prickly’s, this represents a sea change.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The new truck routes and restrictions are the result of study, coordination and collaboration between city officials, local residents, area small business owners and trucking companies, city officials said.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The plan is funded by insurance companies that do business in the state.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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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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Acción Andina has involved roughly 40,000 local stewards who run tree nurseries, join tree-planting brigades and protect trees from livestock and wildfires.—
Eduardo Garcia,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Platoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoons. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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