1
as in troupe
an organized group of stage performers
a celebrated acting troop will be coming to town next month to perform one of Shakespeare's plays
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2
as in military
troops plural
the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation
the troops overseas are grateful for the support of so many at home
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as in to march
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Recent Examples of troop
Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Nadella is among a parade of Fortune 500 CEOs who have trooped through Southeast Asia in recent months.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2024
David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
On July 31, Islamic State, IS or ISIS, militants attacked one of the group’s checkpoints in the eastern Deir ez-Zour province, killing five of their troops.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Noun
So Idaho — before the case was fully litigated — trooped to the Supreme Court.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Nadella is among a parade of Fortune 500 CEOs who have trooped through Southeast Asia in recent months.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2024
Verb
The later summer weather may offer new opportunities for Moscow's troops, with secondary roads and other terrain dried out and offering new avenues of assault.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
On July 31, Islamic State, IS or ISIS, militants attacked one of the group’s checkpoints in the eastern Deir ez-Zour province, killing five of their troops.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troop
Noun
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The troupe has scored 127 placements within the top 10, including all 10 new arrivals this time around.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Today, the traditional Filipino dance troupe and other cultural programs run by the Diocese of Orange’s San Jose Filipino Ministry, finally have a home.—
Emilie Takahashi,
Oc Register,
22 July 2025
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But after the fall of Saigon and Laos 50 years ago, the Hmong were persecuted for allying with the American military and many fled, some of them admitted into the U.S. as legal refugees.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Tyler Struck was one of my instructors in the Program, the training course that all Command soldiers must pass in order to join the Continental military.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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One such group of 50 marched so that 30 of them formed the vertical part, and 20 the horizontal part of a gigantic white cross.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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Boy Scouts marched, as did fraternities, high-school classes, postmen, and newspaper columnists.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2025
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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Sudanese army soldiers parade in the streets of eastern Sudan's city of Gedaref on August 14, 2025 to mark the 71st anniversary of the formation of the Sudanese army.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Don’t the judges just parade you around, then poke, prod and grope you?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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Detroit could see a high of 91 on Aug. 9, which will feel like 93 degrees, the weather service said.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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While Hammer & Nails is marketed towards men, women can also come in for a service.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The stage blocking is half-baked at best — performers constantly stride across the stage quite determinedly but for no apparent purpose — and the script occasionally comes off overwritten, as if actors are reciting words the writer thought would be read, not spoken aloud.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
1 Aug. 2025
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Shailene Woodley, making her first return to Comic-Con in nearly a decade, strode in to a proper hero's welcome, embracing her costar and showrunner for the first time since her season 2 casting was exclusively announced by Entertainment Weekly on Tuesday.—
Ryan Coleman Published,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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Abello contrasts the original telenovela pacing with the new version's episode length.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The DreamWorks Animation sequel should hit a $56 million domestic gross through Sunday, pacing just behind the 2022 original, which earned $57 million through the same amount of time.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Troop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troop. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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