TASK FORCES Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

task forces

noun

plural of task force

as in teams

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Noun

Here are the Week 10 Fort Worth-area high school football scores, including teams from area districts.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026
Kenya’s own top-flight football league and national teams, for instance, have been riddled with challenges ranging from leadership wrangles to payment delays.

— Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

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Carter ruled after a 3½-hour hearing Tuesday, where a slew of attorneys for the state, county and independent voting rights groups argued against the administration’s demands.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
This gives several sets of interest groups an opportunity to use the FCC’s public review and approval process to advocate for federal limits on space technologies.

— Max Harden, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of groups

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The result has been delayed or missed legal filings and fewer cases taken, according to the organizations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Subsidizing these slots would allow smaller institutions, such as academia and nonprofit organizations, to avoid competing on the open market against large companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin that launch satellites regularly.

— Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of organizations

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Italian police were out in force again Friday with riot brigades, drones and helicopters visible in the skies above the Rome protest.

— Richard Engel, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026
Four different Ukrainian brigades were involved in the complex operation, which took seven days to prepare, though the actual rescue only took about an hour and 15 minutes.

— Mariia Kashchenko, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of brigades

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Its battery-electric vehicles propel themselves rather than relying on a conventional locomotive, and can operate individually or form coordinated groups, known as platoons.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
The welcome ceremony also included a flyover by two B-1 bombers, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of platoons

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The fact that there isn’t any adult supervision in the form of a driver has led to plenty of debaucherous behavior, from incessant smoking and adult activities to posses of teens hanging out of the windows of moving Waymos.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 July 2026
Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception.

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026

Definition of posses

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In the game, players can cultivate their patches, grow oversized crops, and get down and dirty to protect their harvest or steal someone else’s.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026
Sunday’s attacks cut electricity in two northern towns, shutting markets and bakeries and threatening hospitals, water supplies and winter crops as diesel shortages leave few alternatives.

— Hamza Fahmy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of crops

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The Netanyahu and Eisenkot groupings are our assessment of which parties are likely to back each leader to form a government.

— Dov Waxman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
In separate local elections, various independent candidates and groupings appeared to be winning most seats nationwide, a traditional result.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

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