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 Bouncing between active rosters and practice squads for five teams over the past three seasons, Ameer Speed was signed by Dallas after a strong UFL campaign for the Houston Gamblers. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026 The two best squads advance to a second and final round to settle things head-to-head. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 24 July 2026 After those three games, the squads—and any fans chasing the full schedule—will face traveling some 6,000 miles to reach the group stage games in Europe and North Africa. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026 The aggressive tackling and chippyness from the Argentinian side led to a confrontation between the two squads. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 The best World Cup base camps have tended to be quiet ones, with squads that hole up in small towns and bond away from the spotlight routinely outlasting teams stationed amid bigger circuses. — Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Both squads were packed with some of the world’s best active footballers, such as Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, and Ronaldinho for Brazil and David Beckham, Michael Owen, and Sol Campbell for England. — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 July 2026 Furthermore, Florida spent the offseason retooling as well as getting healthy, bringing in veterans and some more hard-hitters, positioning the Panthers to be one of the toughest squads in the NHL. — Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squads
  1. teams
  2. platoons
  3. armies
  4. crews
Noun
  • The contract includes a limited no-trade clause, blocking eight teams without consent.
    — Mac Engel July 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026
  • Most leadership teams cannot answer this, and the exercise usually surfaces more exposure than expected.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of teams
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of platoons
Noun
  • The Hightower high lord and his armies have occupied Tumbleton and have Rhaenyra in something of a bind.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Sauron’s armies have marched across the whole of the world, conquering all in their path.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026
Definition of armies
Noun
  • Construction crews have pre-positioned supplies — including the steel bollard wall panels — but no actual wall-building has started in the area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • In particular, it's conceived as a way of keeping valuable attack helicopters like the AH-54 Apache and their crews away from the heat of combat while acting as force multipliers to make the helicopter much more effective.
    — David Szondy July 21, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
Definition of crews

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