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a group of people working together on a task
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Recent Examples of platoons
Outfield requires far more starting spots, and most of those available later in drafts are locked in platoons.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platoons
Noun
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The Nuggets have been fighting one battle after another for the last week, facing four Western Conference playoff teams in four different cities.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Heat, which has needed to qualify for the playoffs through the NBA’s play-in tournament in each of the last three seasons, needs to finish among the East’s top six teams to clinch a playoff spot and avoid the play-in tournament.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As the pro-Trump armies that thrive on Elon Musk’s X have likewise proved again and again, propaganda can now be crowdsourced just as easily as air-strike footage.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2026
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The regime that held the Middle East hostage with proxy armies, ballistic missiles and a nuclear program inching toward a weapon has lost its leadership, its senior military command and significant parts of its offensive capability.—
Andrew Ghalili,
Boston Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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There have been pelicans injured in attacks and sick animals brought in by good Samaritans and city crews.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Minnesota Wild take on the Utah Mammoth in a matchup of Central Division squads.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Those are the highest-ranking squads with Sinners on them.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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Some of them are regular reserve units, but some of them are specific reserve units called regional-defense battalions, and there are regional brigades in the West Bank that have regional-defense battalions under them, which are units made up mostly of settlers.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Marines, the only service with a command structure for its wounded warrior program, has two battalions, one at Camp Pendleton and the other at Camp Lejeune.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But as major studios start to make deals with AI companies, like Disney’s $1 billion investment into OpenAI’s Sora platform, many writers are concerned about how their work could be used.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Yet overall hiring was essentially unchanged, suggesting companies are reluctant to fill open positions, perhaps because of uncertainty around the impact of artificial intelligence.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The whistle brigades are defending their communities.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Cuban medical brigades have served as the backbone of fragile health systems.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Platoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoons. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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