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
They are believed to be part of the USS Enterprise's bombing squadron, which landed aboard the USS Yorktown after a successful attack on a Japanese carrier ship.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
The $172 billion allocated in 2024 for new equipment is wholly inadequate for modernizing aircraft squadrons, updating ship fleets, producing new munitions, and buying new technology such as uncrewed systems.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Consequently, there is an even more compelling need to modernize aging fleets and squadrons while also buying complementary emerging technologies.
—Michael Brown, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214, which sent the fighter jets to Japan, became the first F-35B squadron to take part in this rotational mission known as the Unit Deployment Program, which augmented the U.S. Marines' aviation forces in the Indo-Pacific region.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
The $172 billion allocated in 2024 for new equipment is wholly inadequate for modernizing aircraft squadrons, updating ship fleets, producing new munitions, and buying new technology such as uncrewed systems.
—Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Consequently, there is an even more compelling need to modernize aging fleets and squadrons while also buying complementary emerging technologies.
—Michael Brown, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214, which sent the fighter jets to Japan, became the first F-35B squadron to take part in this rotational mission known as the Unit Deployment Program, which augmented the U.S. Marines' aviation forces in the Indo-Pacific region.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squadron
Noun
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An infantry battalion of Arkansas volunteers would be used to man forts in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and at Fort Smith, releasing the regular troops from those posts, and a second unit of Arkansans would serve as cavalry in Mexico.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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Those could include a Stryker battalion with two companies of Stryker vehicles, a tank battalion and two companies of tanks, an infantry battalion with Bradley vehicles, Paladin artillery vehicles, Howitzers and infantry vehicles.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Fetterman voted for several of President Donald Trump’s nominees, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, and has been a fervent supporter of Israel in its war in Gaza against the terrorist group Hamas.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
11 May 2025
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If there is space, the group may welcome back a few former students with an alternate project.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
11 May 2025
Noun
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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Treat them well, and these versatile groupings will dazzle all season long.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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“Squadron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squadron. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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