as in crew
a group of people working together on a task
asked the Boy Scouts to split into teams and begin pitching their tents
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Recent Examples of team
Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
One was Xavier Legette, the South Carolina product the team traded up to get with the 32nd and final pick of the draft’s first round.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
That confidence has led him from team to team in search of better opportunities, though, too.
—Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The local brewery sponsored last fall’s Chamber of Commerce Oktoberfest Home Brew Competition, and the top team was invited to Grains and Taps to brew a large batch of their most popular beer.
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Protections can be different from team to team.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for team
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Eventually, the Strategic Air Command amended the system to include a unique enable code that transmitted to the launch crew from a higher authority.—
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Armario knows the fast-food world from every angle—rising the industry ranks from Burger King crew member to a McDonald’s executive overseeing global supply chain, development, and franchising.—
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Those are among the hot names league wide.—
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Though there's no guarantee that Leiter will steady the ship, he's generally been close to league average throughout his career, which might well be good enough to improve his new team.—
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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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Their work laid the foundations for today’s nuclear propulsion concepts and led to several ideas for INRs, which can be grouped into two categories.—
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Instead, designers are favoring a few consistent shapes, aligned and grouped just so.—
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The Tigers, previously 0-9 all-time at Rupp Arena, took advantage of a struggling Kentucky Wildcats squad for a 73-68 upset win.—
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McLendon has spent the last two seasons on the practice squad prior to making his Dolphins debut during the season finale against the New England Patriots.—
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Shane Stant clubs Kerrigan on the knee and flees the scene.—
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Now welcome to that big britches club the strappy and sweaty table tennis player Marty Mauser (portrayed to the 10s by Timothée Chalamet).—
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How did the company become an iconic brand?—
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Looking beyond consumers The company does not see TRINITY as only a consumer product.—
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So far, nobody has been able to affiliate them.—
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Aptly named Ocean House, the beachfront estate was sold by a limited liability company affiliated with Sandra Naftzger, part of a prominent family of cattle ranchers.—
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“Team.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/team. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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