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noun

ˈtēm How to pronounce team (audio)
Definition of teamnext
as in crew
a group of people working together on a task asked the Boy Scouts to split into teams and begin pitching their tents

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verb

as in to league

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Recent Examples of team
Noun
These two teams are pretty evenly matched, but give the Cowboys with their receivers a slight edge in their home opener. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 An audit team, Chiodo argues, needs expertise that mirrors the development team, role for role. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
Serena Williams will team with Carlos Alcaraz and Venus Williams will compete alongside Alexander Bublik. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 This year’s lineup will team him with former Miles Davis and Roberta Flack bass great Marshall Hawkins, Katie Thiroux, Collier Keitani, Justin Grinnell and Julian Esparza. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for team
Recent Examples of Synonyms for team
  1. crew
  2. league
  3. army
  4. group
  5. squad
  6. club
  7. company
  8. affiliate
Noun
  • Police administered life-saving measures until medical crews responded.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And while suppression and the idea of living with fire appear to oppose each other, the same detection and real-time decision tools that let crews hit a fire hard and fast are exactly the tools needed to allow a fire to burn under safe conditions.
    — Matt Thompson, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of crew
Verb
  • Such is a reality of a salary-cap — and in the Heat’s current case, hard-cap — league that forces choices.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Continue reading … ‘JUST ASTOUNDING’ – Ex-NBA player looking to enter WNBA torches league over crucial point.
    — , FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of league
Noun
  • Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said Monday in a post on X that the Polish army recovered what was believed to be a Russian military drone from the Baltic Sea near the coastal village of Jaroslawiec.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The majority went to coaches’ and athletic directors’ ever-escalating salaries, lavish facilities and small armies of support staffers, nutritionists — even barbers.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of army
Verb
  • Pantone grouped 20 of the new shades into four trend palettes demonstrating how its forecast for bolder color can take several markedly different forms.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Through specialized processes, Prysmian can group nearly 7,000 individual fibers into a single cable.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of group
Noun
  • The crisis reached a peak in late 2018, when Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi American columnist for the Washington Post, was killed and dismembered by a hit squad inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But the squad turned it around at halftime, scoring 28 second-half points en route to a 28-10 victory over the Aztecs.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of squad
Verb
  • And Game 5 played out eerily similarly, with Brosius clubbing a two-out, two-run home run against Kim in the ninth to force extra innings.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The North Siders clubbed an all-time team record of nine home runs in a single game, routing their rival Milwaukee Brewers 17-3 at Wrigley Field − and ending August with 62 round-trippers for the month, another team record.
    — Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of club
Noun
  • Bouquets and brickbats Fintech companies have welcomed the move to charge a fee to merchants.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The Scoop Senators had secured a narrow antitrust exemption for AI companies in annual must-pass defense policy legislation earlier this year before negotiations over the measure were delayed, according to people familiar with the matter.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of company
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the number of voters who officially affiliate as dues-paying members of the DSA is also on the upswing, nearly doubling since Mamdani began his viral mayoral campaign in 2025.
    — Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
  • Two major super PACs affiliated with AI companies are facing off in New York's 12th congressional district — the only congressional race so far where both political action committees are involved.
    — Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 23 June 2026
Definition of affiliate

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“Team.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/team. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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