as in teams
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 squads
The squads would play each other in 12-minute quarter games, according to ESPN.
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Jenna West, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
In addition to Miami and Chicago, there are squads representing Dallas, Los Angeles, Boston, Detroit, Houston, and the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
There was a decrease in people in the squads, in detective squads to investigate crimes.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Create pilot squads with members from IT, data science, marketing and operations, focused on solving a single, high-impact business problem.
—David Henkin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Four are currently out of the league, three are on practice squads, including Strange.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
This free, family-friendly festival will feature activities for all ages with special performances from Nick Danger Trio, the Miller Community Theater, the West Side Theatre Guild’s Repertoire Dance Company, Beachfront Dance and local school cheer squads.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
On Reddit, Mets fans were busy arguing about which squads in the franchise’s history had suffered the worst collapses.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
The Laney Eagles and the Merritt Panthers, formerly the T-Birds, each have their own basketball teams, as well as women’s track and cross-country squads.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
Jenna West, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
In addition to Miami and Chicago, there are squads representing Dallas, Los Angeles, Boston, Detroit, Houston, and the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
There was a decrease in people in the squads, in detective squads to investigate crimes.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Create pilot squads with members from IT, data science, marketing and operations, focused on solving a single, high-impact business problem.
—David Henkin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Four are currently out of the league, three are on practice squads, including Strange.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
This free, family-friendly festival will feature activities for all ages with special performances from Nick Danger Trio, the Miller Community Theater, the West Side Theatre Guild’s Repertoire Dance Company, Beachfront Dance and local school cheer squads.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
On Reddit, Mets fans were busy arguing about which squads in the franchise’s history had suffered the worst collapses.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
The Laney Eagles and the Merritt Panthers, formerly the T-Birds, each have their own basketball teams, as well as women’s track and cross-country squads.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squads
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Fourth-and-8 isn’t really a great spot to risk a turnover on downs, but with kickoff touchbacks placing teams at the 35-yard line, a turnover at the 39-yard line isn’t particularly damning by comparison.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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TeamSmile is a nonprofit organization that brings oral health professionals together with professional sports teams to help deliver oral health procedures to underserved children.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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Russian assault platoons are rushing behind ukrainian lines.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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Reinforcements would need to be prepared for future deployments, and European armies would need another 30,000 or so troops in training.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Aeneas’s military struggles against the Rutulians echo the wars of Rome against foreign invading armies, such as Carthage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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To counter the explosive projectiles, Russian tank crews began mounting homemade cages above their turrets to cushion the tanks from blasts.—
Marco Hernandez,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The fire suppression efforts involve 20 engines, two water tenders and eight hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Squads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squads. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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