as in team
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 squad
Most teams use backups and practice squad players to build a scout team that matches up against the starters in practice.
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Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
There wasn’t much positivity in Friartown after Kim English’s squad lost its first two Big East games, first in an overtime shootout at Butler, then a close one at home against Seton Hall.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026
The decision by the Ravens to fire Harbaugh comes two days after his squad was unable to secure the AFC North title, losing in heartbreaking fashion to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 18.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Roster moves The Dolphins elevated McLendon and running back Jeff Wilson Jr. from the practice squad to the game-day roster for Sunday against the Patriots.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said his team found cases drag on for more than two years, and one lasted about seven years.—
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That's not to mention the lower ranks where teams like James Madison or Tulane might find their way into the 12-team field, only to get obliterated in the playoff and lose their coaches and half their players to Power Five schools along the way.—
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America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers … but baseball has marked the time.—
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According to sources, confronting the unit directly would require the simultaneous deployment of at least four army brigades.—
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Among the changes, the department has expanded its use of drones to monitor large brush fires, allowing crews to better detect lingering heat or embers that could reignite.—
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That property is now deemed uninhabitable by the city, but power crews are working on it.—
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Toronto’s infield would remain untouched, with Addison Barger and Okamoto likely acting as a sort of third base platoon.—
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Risking his life again, the director embeds with a Ukrainian platoon attempting to retake the minuscule town of Andriivka that had been seized by Russian invaders.—
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“Squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squad. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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