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
ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
For many years, the top pick was determined by a coin flip between the worst teams in the Western and Eastern Conferences.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
When the teams met earlier this season on Black Friday, UConn easily handled Illinois in a 74-61 victory.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Each side features shoutouts to Kansas City’s professional soccer teams of the past and present, and love letters to his family, like a heart drawn by his niece.
—Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2026
This is where personnel may form protective groups or teams, possibly get matching tattoos, use team-specific language, etc.
—Opinion Staff, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
The teams square off Monday for the fourth time this season.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
For many years, the top pick was determined by a coin flip between the worst teams in the Western and Eastern Conferences.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
When the teams met earlier this season on Black Friday, UConn easily handled Illinois in a 74-61 victory.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Each side features shoutouts to Kansas City’s professional soccer teams of the past and present, and love letters to his family, like a heart drawn by his niece.
—Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2026
This is where personnel may form protective groups or teams, possibly get matching tattoos, use team-specific language, etc.
—Opinion Staff, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teams
Noun
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Residents of the area helped victims before emergency crews arrived, according to the Times of India.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Both flight crews responded to onboard traffic alerts, the FAA said, helping the planes avoid a potential midair conflict.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Rays were also at the forefront of other innovations and/or adjustments, such as defensive shifts, lineup platoons, matchup bullpens, star-quality super-utility players and putting a numbers nerd (technically a process and analytics coach) in the dugout.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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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
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These are in addition to private members clubs The Wilde and Cipriani, among other highlights.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Shane Stant clubs Kerrigan on the knee and flees the scene.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Only a professional military can repel one of the world’s most powerful armies.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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The marks, which are sandwiched between towers once used to scout for armies and to allow archers and other artillery-throwers to fend off enemy incursions, are arrayed in a way that suggests they may have been left by a repeating dart-thrower called a polybolos.—
Taylor Mitchell Brown,
Scientific American,
20 Apr. 2026
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Missy Bo Kearns Made her debut as a substitute away at Spain last year — a baptism of fire — and was in consecutive England squads after Euro 2025, starting against Ghana in December.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Their six-game runway into the postseason included wins over short-handed squads and the tanking Utah Jazz, hardly results to write home about with playoff basketball looming.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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The world watched athletes kneel, teams protest and leagues pause.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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While still leagues ahead of other wealthy individuals, Musk isn’t the only Texan with an astronomical net worth.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Nov. 2025
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Now, with 31% of lab space sitting empty, a handful of companies — some international — are swooping in on declining rents and rising landlord concessions.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Sean Harapko, a beverage sector leader with Ernst & Young Americas, said consumers have so many beverage choices that companies must clearly define their products and explain why people should choose one over another.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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In Cairo, a famously nocturnal city, shops and restaurants are now forced to close at 9 pm, with police brigades sweeping through the broad downtown avenues to urge everyone to go home.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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As of 2024, Cuba had 54 brigades with more than 22,600 medical workers, according to Granma, the official newspaper of Cuba's communist party.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Teams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teams. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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