as in team
a group of people working together on a task
the cleaning squad usually arrives after regular business hours
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Recent Examples of squad
Minnesota traded some of its older and better players in return for draft picks, or to accommodate their requests to play for a winning squad.
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Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
The squad still has clear deficiencies, but the win against Chelsea last time out was a huge boost.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Only one of those teams, the ’01 squad, ended up winning the Stanley Cup.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Nader Adeli, who manages Iranian American club team Arya FC's over-60 squad in Los Angeles, is worried the war might keep Iran from attending the World Cup.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
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Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
The squad still has clear deficiencies, but the win against Chelsea last time out was a huge boost.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Only one of those teams, the ’01 squad, ended up winning the Stanley Cup.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
Nader Adeli, who manages Iranian American club team Arya FC's over-60 squad in Los Angeles, is worried the war might keep Iran from attending the World Cup.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squad
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The team’s early, anemic offense came with starter Max Fried holding the game together, pitching eight innings while allowing six hits, no walks and striking out six batters.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Later that afternoon, Miller and his team got to work on the second bedroom.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, took part in a preliminary meeting Wednesday with Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief of staff, Iranian state media reported.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Pakistan’s army chief arrived Wednesday for talks in Tehran in the latest diplomatic move to ease tensions in the Middle East and arrange a second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran after almost seven weeks of war.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Sunday night, Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Jeffrey Thompson said recovery phase began with removing larger pieces of concrete that crews demolished from the once seven-story parking garage, which was being built for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia employees.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the late nineties and early two-thousands, Romania became a destination for international TV and film projects whose creators wanted to hire crews who were cheap and willing to endure unlimited hours.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The busiest single day saw 12 new clients join, with one person saying four other members of their platoon were also interested.—
Tom Bowman,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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But if McMahon continues to struggle, Boone may not have much of a choice but to abandon the platoon plans.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squad. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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