as in battalion
a military unit consisting of soldiers, ships, or aircraft
A reconnaissance squadron was deployed to the area.
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Recent Examples of squadron
Over 17 days last December, a squadron of a dozen or more drones buzzed by Langley Air Force Base, home of the U.S. military’s top-of-the-line F-22 stealth fighters.
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Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Search and rescue crews were sent from Whidbey Island, a naval air station in the Pacific Northwest where all but one Navy tactical electronic attack squadrons flying the EA-18G Growler are based.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
The legislation also includes language to transfer a D.C. Air National Guard squadron to Maryland.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
Without first declaring war, Japanese warships attacked a Russian squadron at Port Arthur in modern-day northern China.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Search and rescue crews were sent from Whidbey Island, a naval air station in the Pacific Northwest where all but one Navy tactical electronic attack squadrons flying the EA-18G Growler are based.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
The legislation also includes language to transfer a D.C. Air National Guard squadron to Maryland.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
Without first declaring war, Japanese warships attacked a Russian squadron at Port Arthur in modern-day northern China.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squadron
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On Monday, Cal Fire’s San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit sent three fire engines and a battalion chief to Southern California, while its Santa Clara unit sent two engines and a strike team.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
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What People Are Saying David Acuña, a battalion chief for Cal Fire said this is only the third time in 30 years a wildfire of this kind has happened in January.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, another research group in Singapore is currently recruiting for a study on the Delta variant.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
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On Friday, Antoinette Younger and her neighbor, Sarah Yell, embraced near the roadblock where the California National Guard and police positioned themselves between a group of Altadena residents and their homes.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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In this composition, the mammals are joined only by a grouping of aspen trees, leafless against the winter ground.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
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Most of the groupings of bones belonged to a single person, but six graves held remains of multiple people, including one that was different from the others.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Squadron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squadron. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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