as in crews
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 teams
Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
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.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
Of the 14 teams that qualified for the playoffs, eight feature a player with Idaho ties on their roster.
—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
All the teams in that tournament were guaranteed $1 million just for competing.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
The New Orleans Saints won’t be evaluating their quarterback position much this offseason, unlike other teams.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
He was fully bought into that idea as a special teams ace.
—Mike Kaye
january 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
In 2025, private equity firms scooped up stakes in several teams, including the Boston Celtics, the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026
In this model, change is your product, your organization is the marketplace, and its teams are your customers.
—Phil Gilbert, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
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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.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for teams
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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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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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Shane Stant clubs Kerrigan on the knee and flees the scene.—
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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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But Izzy Johnston is plotting a way for her Warriors to rise above all those squads.—
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The extra point the Sharks collected separated them from the Kings in the standings, with both squads in a wild-card spot.—
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Which leagues’ windows will still be open after today?—
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Every January, companies from around the world gather to flaunt new technologies, products and services.—
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Thinking globally and acting locally means electing people of vision, not people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag without a lobbyist lighting their way under the table, or down the wrong path where for-profit companies rule and teachers are scapegoated for society's failures.—
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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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The army has purchased 92 T-72B1 tanks and 123 BMP-3 armored personnel carriers from Russia, which equip the armored brigades alongside 81 AMX-30 tanks previously acquired from France.—
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“Teams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teams. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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