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 alert, warning of a possible imminent safety threat to patients, staff and visitors, heightened an already tense and perilously chaotic scene inside Central Florida’s busiest trauma center, where victims had arrived by fire/rescue squads, police cruisers and pickup trucks.
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Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2026
The highlights of Bitonio’s career were being part of two playoff squads in 2020 and ’23.
—ABC News, 9 June 2026
The play on the field will have some local flair, too, with a KC native playing for one of the squads.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
The opening match of the year’s biggest tournament is exactly one week away, and squads are beginning to arrive at their base camps across North America.
—Alex Connor, USA Today, 4 June 2026
There are jets to be chartered, helicopters from the jets to be booked, and glam squads to be assembled in hotel suites where stylists have filled out racks.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 June 2026
Three guys from the same championship-winning college squads have won NBA crowns.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
The 2026 World Cup will have 48 squads, the largest number in history.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
Season 2 featured a group of veterans fighting for, and ultimately earning, a major pay raise for future squads.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 June 2026
Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2026
The highlights of Bitonio’s career were being part of two playoff squads in 2020 and ’23.
—ABC News, 9 June 2026
The play on the field will have some local flair, too, with a KC native playing for one of the squads.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
The opening match of the year’s biggest tournament is exactly one week away, and squads are beginning to arrive at their base camps across North America.
—Alex Connor, USA Today, 4 June 2026
There are jets to be chartered, helicopters from the jets to be booked, and glam squads to be assembled in hotel suites where stylists have filled out racks.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 June 2026
Three guys from the same championship-winning college squads have won NBA crowns.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
The 2026 World Cup will have 48 squads, the largest number in history.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
Season 2 featured a group of veterans fighting for, and ultimately earning, a major pay raise for future squads.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squads
Noun
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Popularized by a beer commercial during the 1986 World Cup, it’s used to rally on teams with its repetitive (albeit nonsensical) syllables as well as its upbeat ending.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Russian national teams remain suspended from most international hockey competitions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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In the coming years, as Erik Neander took over the baseball operations department, the Rays were at the forefront of analytics with defensive shifts, aggressive platoons, utilizing openers, creating a menagerie of arm slots in the bullpen and, yes, prioritizing exit velocity.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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Outfield requires far more starting spots, and most of those available later in drafts are locked in platoons.—
Dalton Del Don,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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That approach differs from rivals who typically rely heavily on armies of contractors from third-party firms for training and refining their AI models.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Angels appear to be fleeing in the foreground; in the background, armies clash in the shadow of a medieval castle.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
Noun
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First responders from the agency, the local police department and EMS crews were dispatched to the building to help rescue the woman, who was in an unknown location.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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After crews completed a systems check following each delay, the attraction was reopened to guests shortly after.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Squads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squads. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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