as in crews
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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Recent Examples of teams
Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
That's not to mention the lower ranks where teams like James Madison or Tulane might find their way into the 12-team field, only to get obliterated in the playoff and lose their coaches and half their players to Power Five schools along the way.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
Of the 14 teams that qualified for the playoffs, eight feature a player with Idaho ties on their roster.
—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
All the teams in that tournament were guaranteed $1 million just for competing.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
The New Orleans Saints won’t be evaluating their quarterback position much this offseason, unlike other teams.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
He was fully bought into that idea as a special teams ace.
—Mike Kaye
january 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
In 2025, private equity firms scooped up stakes in several teams, including the Boston Celtics, the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026
In this model, change is your product, your organization is the marketplace, and its teams are your customers.
—Phil Gilbert, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
Noun
As of January 7, seven teams are looking for a new coach, including the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, and Arizona Cardinals.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
That's not to mention the lower ranks where teams like James Madison or Tulane might find their way into the 12-team field, only to get obliterated in the playoff and lose their coaches and half their players to Power Five schools along the way.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
Of the 14 teams that qualified for the playoffs, eight feature a player with Idaho ties on their roster.
—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
All the teams in that tournament were guaranteed $1 million just for competing.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
The New Orleans Saints won’t be evaluating their quarterback position much this offseason, unlike other teams.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
He was fully bought into that idea as a special teams ace.
—Mike Kaye
january 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
In 2025, private equity firms scooped up stakes in several teams, including the Boston Celtics, the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026
In this model, change is your product, your organization is the marketplace, and its teams are your customers.
—Phil Gilbert, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teams
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Moments after talking to the alderwoman, Chicago Streets and Sanitation crews were out at night clearing trash, not tents.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Officials also touted their success in securing gap financing for Rose Creek Village, a complex of 59 studio apartments in Pacific Beach where crews broke ground in September.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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According to the Defense official, the Army plans to ramp up training over the next year, eventually sending in platoons of some 40 soldiers at a time to train.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
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The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical.—
Time,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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In other words, just as warfare and armed conflict have evolved away from armies lined up across national borders, the right to self-defense has to be read as being capacious enough to accommodate a military response to threats such as narco-terrorism.—
Sandeep Gopalan,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Jan. 2026
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Allied armies had broken out of Normandy, liberated Paris, and pushed toward Germany.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Dec. 2025
Noun
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What both Guardiola and Slot need is somehow to find the consistency of their title-winning campaigns while their squads are in a period of change.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Jayson Shaw, a Scottish player and fixture on Europe’s Mosconi Cup squads, said there are more major tournaments than ever, but the expenses to fly around the world quickly add up for second-and-third tier players.—
Jeremy Herb,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Which leagues’ windows will still be open after today?—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Every January, companies from around the world gather to flaunt new technologies, products and services.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.—
SHELLEY SMITH SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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A number of other Ukrainian brigades have created their own youth wings.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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Fragmented response The response to the armed gangs in Haiti has been fragmented, with the government turning to private armed contractors and citizens setting up vigilante brigades.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Petula says there are stories about a mythical cat that stalks the woods near the battlefields at night, and tales of entire battalions of Confederate soldier ghosts roaming the military park.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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One’s impression is suddenly modified by the casual strength his handshake conveys, and rightly so, for beneath the elegant lines of his suit are hidden a hard body and the stamina of 10 battalions.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Teams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teams. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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