squads

noun

plural of squad
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 Both sides rotated halfway through, giving two ‘starting XIs’ 60 minutes of game-time each, balancing the load out equally across their squads. — George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Last year the Dolphins found Cole Strange and Greg Dulcich on the other team’s practice squads. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 The Rams’ rookie quarterback had reps during training camp, watching reigning NFL MVP Matthew Stafford and Stetson Bennett IV take the bulk of the opportunities with the first- and second-team squads, respectively. — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026 Once stationary, small assault squads can detach the generator to power field equipment, recharge communications gear, or top off FPV drone batteries right in the trench. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 That includes top German clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen, as well as other squads in the Netherlands and Italy. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2026 That was the case when SDFC and Tijuana met a year ago in the inaugural Baja Cup at Snapdragon Stadium, with both teams fielding mixed squads that did not include Mora or MLS Newcomer of the Year Anders Dreyer. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026 And Booker could not be more proud of how Beep Baseball has grown, with 30 teams in 14 states and international squads in Taiwan, Canada and the Dominican Republic. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 The Byron Nelson Bobcats have been one of the area’s top squads in recent years. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squads
  1. teams
  2. platoons
  3. armies
  4. crews
Noun
  • Earlier in the season, a multi-inning outing for Pintaro, who has attracted interest from other teams over the past couple of years, would’ve meant a trip back to Triple A; the Mets would’ve needed to swap him for a fresh pitcher.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Its foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari previously said Qatari rescue teams searched for their remains and spoke to Iran to coordinate the handover of one of their bodies.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of teams
Noun
  • The Phillies will run outfield platoons in left and center for the remainder of the season.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Multiple schools across three states will soon have their own veritable platoons of pepper-spraying drones to hunt down active shooters, The Washington Post reports, waiting to spring into action the moment they’re called on.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026
Definition of platoons
Noun
  • And because intelligence exists in isolated fragments across different systems, companies end up deploying armies of employees whose primary, manual job is just interpretation.
    — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Both sides, weakened by adverse conditions, had armies of nearly equal strength.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of armies
Noun
  • Hundreds of miles away, Ukrainian drone crews had barely paused after the night’s work before starting to prepare for another attack.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Utility crews are working to shore up main pipes that carry sewage 8-10 feet below the original creek bed.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of crews

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