as in teams
a group of people working together on a task
the cleaning squad usually arrives after regular business hours
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Recent Examples of squads
The game was the District 3-5A Division II openers for both squads and the Cougars are 3-0 overall and 1-0 in district play for the second year in a row.
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Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Both teams expect to be playing deep into January (and maybe into February if things go right), so this prime-time showdown will be a good litmus test for both squads.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Both squads are attempting to bounce back from Week 1 disappointment.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
As an offensive coach, each of Napier’s UF squads has averaged either 26 or 27 points, typically good for around 70th nationally.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
And with the 25-player limit on La Liga squads — even though Mastantuono was registered with the Real Madrid Castilla reserve team in case of a new arrival — Madrid’s room for more incoming players was minimal.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
There was a decrease in people in the squads, in detective squads to investigate crimes.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Create pilot squads with members from IT, data science, marketing and operations, focused on solving a single, high-impact business problem.
—David Henkin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This free, family-friendly festival will feature activities for all ages with special performances from Nick Danger Trio, the Miller Community Theater, the West Side Theatre Guild’s Repertoire Dance Company, Beachfront Dance and local school cheer squads.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Both teams expect to be playing deep into January (and maybe into February if things go right), so this prime-time showdown will be a good litmus test for both squads.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Both squads are attempting to bounce back from Week 1 disappointment.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
As an offensive coach, each of Napier’s UF squads has averaged either 26 or 27 points, typically good for around 70th nationally.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
And with the 25-player limit on La Liga squads — even though Mastantuono was registered with the Real Madrid Castilla reserve team in case of a new arrival — Madrid’s room for more incoming players was minimal.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
There was a decrease in people in the squads, in detective squads to investigate crimes.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Create pilot squads with members from IT, data science, marketing and operations, focused on solving a single, high-impact business problem.
—David Henkin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This free, family-friendly festival will feature activities for all ages with special performances from Nick Danger Trio, the Miller Community Theater, the West Side Theatre Guild’s Repertoire Dance Company, Beachfront Dance and local school cheer squads.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squads
Noun
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Fourth-and-8 isn’t really a great spot to risk a turnover on downs, but with kickoff touchbacks placing teams at the 35-yard line, a turnover at the 39-yard line isn’t particularly damning by comparison.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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TeamSmile is a nonprofit organization that brings oral health professionals together with professional sports teams to help deliver oral health procedures to underserved children.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s grandiose displays of brute force—the massing of weapons of war and platoons of masked, unidentified combat fighters targeting the very civilian populations they are commissioned to protect—does not bring reassurance.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Russian assault platoons are rushing behind ukrainian lines.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In desperate need of shelf-stable foods to feed his armies, Napoléon Bonaparte offered a reward of 12,000 francs to anyone who could invent a new method of food preservation.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bluesky, part of the decentralized internet, is slower paced and caters to niche interests, rewarding internecine fights over minutiae, whereas X is deliberately chaotic, encouraging the gathering of follower-armies and ideological insult-comedy for an audience that may be largely made up of bots.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To counter the explosive projectiles, Russian tank crews began mounting homemade cages above their turrets to cushion the tanks from blasts.—
Marco Hernandez,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The fire suppression efforts involve 20 engines, two water tenders and eight hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Squads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squads. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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