as in team
a group of people working together on a task
will need a platoon of assistants to mount the display at the spring flower show
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Recent Examples of platoon
Brandon Marsh, who produced after a miserable April, looks more like a strong-side platoon corner outfielder than an everyday center fielder.
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Matt Gelb, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Cameron, Ray and the entire platoon are pushed to their emotional and physical limit.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
The series sets the scene for a potential second season with the looming onset of the Gulf War, so the platoon might be reunited onscreen soon enough.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Avivi said that gathering information on Hamas terrorists and the organization’s structure has been an ongoing effort for years, including mapping platoons, companies, and battalions, as well as identifying commanders.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Matt Gelb, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Cameron, Ray and the entire platoon are pushed to their emotional and physical limit.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
The series sets the scene for a potential second season with the looming onset of the Gulf War, so the platoon might be reunited onscreen soon enough.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Avivi said that gathering information on Hamas terrorists and the organization’s structure has been an ongoing effort for years, including mapping platoons, companies, and battalions, as well as identifying commanders.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platoon
Noun
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The two sat in the front row, cheering on Meghan's home team.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Cleveland Browns watched as two standout rookie performers, linebacker Carson Schwesinger and running back Quinshon Judkins, each left the field during the team's 19-point blowout loss on the road against the New England Patriots on Sunday.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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The British military historian John Keegan revealed the hazards of this kind of planning in his anatomy of the Schlieffen Plan, the German strategy for fighting a two-front continental war that was devised, in 1905, by the chief of the army’s general staff, Alfred von Schlieffen.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Feeding South Florida Feeding South Florida relies on the generosity of corporations, individual donors, an army of volunteers and, until recently, the federal government to put fresh produce and food staples on the table for the community’s most vulnerable populations.—
Mimi Whitefield,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Off the coast of Baffin Island, the crew approached the magnetic north pole, where Sabine took measurements of the intensity and inclination of the local magnetic field.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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American Airlines Meanwhile, the union that represents American's attendants is pushing the carrier add more crew members on board to cater to the larger business-class cabins.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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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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PrSM offers artillery units a new long-range capability supporting brigade, division, corps, Army, theater, Joint and Coalition forces.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
15 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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The promo confirms that Burke’s battalion chief Vince died in the memory care building fire where he, along with his wife, Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father, retired battalion chief Walter Leone (Jeff Fahey), were trapped with the roof collapsing on them.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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Wright was signed to the Commanders' practice squad and immediately elevated to the active roster alongside defensive tackle Sheldon Day.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Basham is no longer eligible to be elevated from the practice squad for games, so the Panthers needed to sign him to the 53-man roster to put him out on the field on Sundays.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Platoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoon. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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