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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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
Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump deployed some 4,000 National Guard personnel and 700 Marines to California under a law known as Title X, which allows troops to be used to protect federal property and personnel.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 3 July 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
Van Orden, a former Navy SEAL, in a statement Friday afternoon accused Walz, who served in the National Guard, of abandoning troops before they were deployed overseas.
—Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump deployed some 4,000 National Guard personnel and 700 Marines to California under a law known as Title X, which allows troops to be used to protect federal property and personnel.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troop
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Macy is the practical one, looking at the sorry finances and trying to keep the clan on course, turning to religion for support as well as a cast member of the troupe, Kyle (Simon Rex) who offers her some empathy and perhaps more (at least that is what we are told later) missing from her life.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
19 June 2025
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Live bands will perform traditional and contemporary Greek music, and youth dance troupes will perform folk dances in traditional costumes.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2025
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Other countries, like the U.K., have militaries solely made up of volunteer professional soldiers.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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During the Iran war, Ayatollah Khamenei instructed his military to target civilian neighborhoods in Tel Aviv, Haifa and other Israeli cities.—
Alan M. Dershowitz,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
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The news sent momentary jitters through equity markets, but stocks had shrugged off all uncertainty by midweek to march higher still.—
Irina Ivanova,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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After marching across campus, NUPU-UE members handed the petition to Jake Julia, vice provost for administration and chief of staff in the Office of the Provost, who met the group outside of the Rebecca Crown Center.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 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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On May 23, the first-team squad paraded the trophy through the streets of north London in front of thousands of emotional supporters who were united by a first piece of silverware in 17 years.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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At almost all hours of the day, a frenzy of new-media personalities paraded outside the courthouse.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
9 July 2025
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To get to the camp, far removed from cell service, families traveled on Highway 39, which runs along the Guadalupe River, crossing over the waterway at points.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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Although Pazzi is gone, the need for automation in food service continues to grow.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
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Sirens opens on the majestic image of Julianne Moore, resplendent in white silk, striding barefoot through a forest to a beachside cliff.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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Todd strode by, tall and handsome, in his fifties, with a big smile and all his teeth.—
Jonathon Sturgeon,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Garcia often studies interviews of authors before narrating their books, not just to understand their accents or pacing, but to discern their essence.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Its occasional goosing by nightmare sequences only briefly enliven characters that remain one-dimensional, and pacing that drags en route to an insufficiently explosive climax.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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“Troop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troop. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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