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 Coaches, to the 53rd player, to their practice squad, to their GM, to their receiver room. Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025 Related Articles The collaboration comes about a year after the NFL cheerleading squad was spotlighted in a tell-all documentary on Netflix, which amassed 2.3 million views in just four days. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 June 2025 Ship, measure, retrain and fold the learning into a reusable component library so subsequent squads stand on the shoulders of the first. Alex Kreger, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025 The rest of the position group includes several practice squad players, a 2023 second-round pick, a rookie, a handful of undrafted guys and few veterans who haven’t been consistent starters in years. C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for squad
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Noun
  • Ter Stegen had a good season a few years ago, but he hardly is considered a top GK that makes the saves the team needs to win those games that are close in the CL.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 6 June 2025
  • Thus, when leaders mimic empathetic phrases without genuine feeling, teams subconsciously recoil, cementing emotional barriers.
    Sahar Andrade, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Russia on Sunday launched its largest drone attack against Ukraine, firing 472 drones at an army training site, killing at least 12 soldiers.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Our results challenge a growing idea that hydrogen will be the 'Swiss army knife of decarbonization' and suggest that the opportunities for hydrogen may be narrower than previously thought.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • That project, which sounds something like Marilyn Manson gone R&B, featured a crew of top-tier musicians kitted out like the undead.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
  • The crew of four will spend two weeks on the ISS, conducting science, education and commercial activities.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
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  • With the Cubs' current platoon situation at first base with Michael Busch and Justin Turner, Chicago would gladly take Goldschmidt's production against left-handers over Turner's.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
  • Crawford could eliminate the need for a CF platoon if his unbelievable reverse splits carry over to the big leagues.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

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“Squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squad. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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