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 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 Outfield requires far more starting spots, and most of those available later in drafts are locked in platoons. Dalton Del Don, New York Times, 6 Mar. 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 One of the kids, an athletic-looking teenager named Ladislav, told me that 1654 is organized into platoons that train with Kraken commanders. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025 He and Pat were assigned to different platoons and rarely saw each other. Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025 Avivi said that gathering information on Hamas terrorists and the organization’s structure has been an ongoing effort for years, including mapping platoons, companies, and battalions, as well as identifying commanders. Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025 Vogt is all but certain to win again, despite Hinch’s deft handling of the Tigers’ tricky platoons across the board. Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platoons
Noun
  • The Mets, being one of the worst offensive teams in baseball, don’t often come back from large deficits.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
  • Among their polyglot ranks are search-and-rescue specialists, doctors, canine teams and structural engineers.
    Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • For decades, law firms have depended upon armies of associates, paralegals, legal assistants, litigation support professionals, contract managers, compliance personnel, and administrative staff to perform this work.
    Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • In it, Swift and Gomez played warring frenemies, leading respective armies of famous faces in an Avengers-level face off that was heavy on special effects and drama.
    Michael Nied, InStyle, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • Construction crews worked through the night to stabilize a Manhattan high-rise after structural columns buckled on the 21st floor Tuesday morning, raising fears of a partial collapse.
    Kelly McCleary, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • The department said the response to the fire included fire crews, heavy equipment and water-dropping aircraft.
    Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
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  • The operation was a testament to the growing effectiveness of a multinational coalition of urban search-and-rescue squads.
    Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Both squads have five touches in the opposing box, but obviously only Egypt has taken advantage.
    Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • The Israeli army built another five battalions of soldiers who were never engaged in service or finished their service and wish to return to duty.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
  • These religious sites and sacred areas throughout Ukraine have not been used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces or Ukrainian volunteer battalions as staging grounds to fight against Russian forces.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • From candy makers to bakers and wedding favor brands, people and companies around the world appear to be capitalizing on what could be the biggest wedding of the era.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald How did a 19th-century Japanese playing-card manufacturer become one of the most influential companies in the entertainment world, asks Stephen Bush in the FT.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • In 2023, the K9-human duo deployed with the international brigades that searched the rubble of the Turkey–Syria earthquakes.
    Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The efforts are partly funded through a partnership between Bunge Foundation and IBAMA to support training and equipment for up to 40 Indigenous brigades across five states in the Cerrado and the Amazon.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 June 2026

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