TASK FORCES Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

task forces

noun

plural of task force

as in teams

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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

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Brazilians lead the way in seven different age groups, from Philippe Coutinho at 16 all the way to Neymar aged 31.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
These groups that are coming here are coming for one reason, and that is to provoke a reaction and generate attention.

— Heath Kalb, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of groups

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According to ServiceNow’s own Enterprise AI Maturity Index, 59% of organizations are using agentic AI, but only 9% have made significant progress in creating autonomous, multistep AI workflows.

— Gina Mastantuono, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Limited transparency Until now, Phuel’s principal consumer-facing business has been Athlete Blood Test, which, according to its website, offers a suite of blood-testing services to individuals, teams and organizations.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of organizations

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So far, no mainstream Democratic politician has seemed willing to stir up the hornet’s nest by taking on the progressive brigades.

— David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
In their Two Marines Substack newsletter, Lee and Putiata describe Drone Line, a concept that grouped Russian drone units by depth behind the front rather than attaching them to individual brigades.

— David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of brigades

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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

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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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For survivors scattered around the world scrambling for sanctuary, Toon and his group say Australia might emerge as a comparative safe-haven, with only minor disruptions to its cultivation of wheat and other crops.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Though designed for crops engineered to tolerate it, dicamba is widely considered a volatile herbicide because of its tendency to drift.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

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