squads

noun

plural of squad
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 After a long offseason and (short) preseason, all 32 squads are back in action. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026 Tonight brings the third time these two quarterbacks will match up with these two squads. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Sullivan and the front office should liberally poach players from other practice squads. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026 Players from Argentina's 1978, 1986, and 2022 World Cup-winning squads returned to see him off. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 One of those squads is Fort Worth Paschal — the Panthers have struggled in district play but have given Wyatt and Heights tough games. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026 Both squads are riding that confidence into a five-game series for a shot to advance to the WNBA Finals. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026 Books went deeper, whether through biographies about the lives of coaches and athletes or narratives of memorable seasons that detailed the construction of championship squads. — Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 Also, nobody seems capable of playing special teams, and several squads pegged as contenders in the preseason — the Houston Texans, Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — are in free fall. — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squads
  1. teams
  2. platoons
  3. armies
  4. crews
Noun
  • So instead of making teams whole each time, the NFL now just pays teams’ travel expenses for their international game under the rationale that every team will lose a home game—and, in turn, home game ticket revenue—during that time.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • More offices reported investments in luxury assets, from watches, fine jewelry, art and spirits to sports teams and music rights.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of teams
Noun
  • Its battery-electric vehicles propel themselves rather than relying on a conventional locomotive, and can operate individually or form coordinated groups, known as platoons.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The welcome ceremony also included a flyover by two B-1 bombers, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of platoons
Noun
  • In the post–Cold War era, the United States has perfected the art of airpower—winning control of the skies so that enemy armies, navies, and territory can be bombed at will—to a degree that no country or even alliance of countries has matched.
    — Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Russia and Ukraine have been waging a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of armies
Noun
  • The Amador County Sheriff's Office lobby was also closed to the public while crews responded.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Short-term, month-to-month rentals (the kind that often show up on a rent roll in a town that runs on rotating crews) were disappearing.
    — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of crews

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“Squads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squads. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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