squadron

noun

Definition of squadronnext
as in battalion
a military unit consisting of soldiers, ships, or aircraft A reconnaissance squadron was deployed to the area.

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Recent Examples of squadron Circlevillians turned on their city like a squadron of deranged geometers. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The unit will work alongside existing RAF space operations and warning squadrons. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026 Civil Protection units, supported by army squadrons, were still battling flare-ups in the provinces of Sétif and Guelma this week, where large swathes of forests have been burned. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 What was left of the RAF fighter squadrons flew home while the Army units plus what was left of the French Army fell back on the beaches of Dunkirk on the Channel coast. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for squadron
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  1. battalion
  2. group
  3. grouping
Noun
  • By the end of their deployment, 25 Marines from the battalion were killed in action and more than 200 were wounded.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The city plans to use the funds to add a battalion chief, demolish and reconstruct Fire Stations 33 and 37, build a training center and an additional fire station, purchase another ladder truck and two more ambulances and hire 36 more firefighters.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of battalion
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  • Their decision to pull cash out of Georgia and North Carolina helped top Democratic groups approve new Senate spending in states like Mississippi, South Carolina, and Kansas.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Although the local law embraces triads, foursomes and other group relationships, the language bars registering of couples who have already declared other partnerships.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of group
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  • Although more than half of the Paleolithic cave-art groupings recorded in Europe are located in the Iberian Peninsula, the study notes that the northeastern region has generally yielded only fragmentary evidence.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Israel’s largest Arab party grouping declared its support Thursday for Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, potentially clearing the path for a coalition that excludes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
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