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
But Izzy Johnston is plotting a way for her Warriors to rise above all those squads.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
The extra point the Sharks collected separated them from the Kings in the standings, with both squads in a wild-card spot.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
This is the third matchup between the squads this season.
—Data Skrive, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
An injured woman's sudden disappearance from the hospital leads to a murder investigation; as an eyewitness to the crime, Brady partners with Benson's SVU to unravel a complex motive; an explosive discovery puts both squads in danger.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Jan. 2026
Both squads traded slippery setbacks, but the Panthers just seemed out of sync for most of the first half.
—Mike Kaye
updated January 3, Charlotte Observer, 4 Jan. 2026
Jayson Shaw, a Scottish player and fixture on Europe’s Mosconi Cup squads, said there are more major tournaments than ever, but the expenses to fly around the world quickly add up for second-and-third tier players.
—Jeremy Herb, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
But age could prove to be Golden State's biggest vulnerability, especially against younger, bigger Western Conference squads like the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
It’s been around since 1985 and happens independently from the main World Cup, giving every country’s best teenage talent a chance to face off against the world’s other top youth squads on an international stage.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squads
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As of January 7, seven teams are looking for a new coach, including the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, and Arizona Cardinals.—
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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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According to the Defense official, the Army plans to ramp up training over the next year, eventually sending in platoons of some 40 soldiers at a time to train.—
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The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical.—
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Instead of kings and queens cunningly maneuvering their armies against their enemies, there’s only an ox of a man and a bald little boy, neither of whom exhibits a clearly superior intellect.—
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Guerrilla armies roam the country’s western border, and private militias stand ready.—
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That property is now deemed uninhabitable by the city, but power crews are working on it.—
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The Times found that a battalion chief ordered firefighters to roll up their hoses and leave the burn area despite complaints by crews that the ground still was smoldering.—
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“Squads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squads. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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