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teams 1 of 2

noun

plural of team
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of team
as in groups

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Recent Examples of teams
Noun
The reason most teams stop there is not indifference as much as compromise. — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The Wall Street Journal and the Athletic reported Walter used billions of dollars of those insurance premiums to buy sports teams. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 The Tigers are in District 11-6A with teams like North Crowley, Waxahachie and Duncanville, while the Jaguars are in District 8-5A Division I alongside Lancaster, Cedar Hill and DeSoto. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026 Cyrus Allen, the fifth-round wide receiver, flashed early, got hurt on a special teams snap and is still working his way back to his early-camp form. — Sam McDowell 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 In that, both teams played their best players and Houston’s defensive line eviscerated the Panthers’ offensive line. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teams
  1. crews
  2. groups
  3. platoons
  4. clubs
  5. armies
  6. leagues
  7. squads
  8. allies
Noun
  • The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van used to shuttle cleaning crews to planes, authorities said.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Traffic delays are expected as crews work to clear the scene.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of crews
Verb
  • Because humans can readily resolve patterns in motion — when points move in the same direction, the brain groups them into a unified whole — the moving dots appear as faint letters.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of groups
Noun
  • 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
Verb
  • That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 30 May 2026
  • Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of clubs
Noun
  • In other places such as Libya and Somalia, Washington supported the national armies and local militias battling jihadi forces and engaged in whack-a-mole with jihadi leaders.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Big Ridley commands armies of extras, builds enormous sets and deploys cutting-edge visual effects to create places that no longer exist — or never did.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of armies
Verb
  • For those interested in learning or perfecting their game, Crossroads Golf KC will begin to offer lessons from instructors, and leagues every Monday and Tuesday starting in the fall.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • This has led to a rising tide of fist-shaking among sports fans that leagues and teams are harder than ever to follow amid a checkerboard of free and subscription distribution deals.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of leagues
Noun
  • Sunderland, of course, spent heavily last season after coming up from the Championship, and there is a broad consensus that promoted teams need to do so to quickly bring their squads up to scratch.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Eight of the top 10 largest stadiums in the world sit on college campuses, but college teams are far more regionalized than NFL squads.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of squads
Verb
  • After hearing a mysterious radio transmission, Hig becomes fixated on seeking more survivors and sets out on a mission that allies him with Cima (Margaret Qualley) and her father (Guy Pearce).
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But the rub this time is the introduction of Varang (Oona Chaplin), an unhinged leader of a tribe who allies herself with human villains.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of allies

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“Teams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teams. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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