1
: a small organized group of military personnel
especially
: a tactical unit that can be easily directed in the field
2
: a small group engaged in a common effort or occupation
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Noun
the cleaning squad usually arrives after regular business hours
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Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Because of the number of teams, Auriemma said his team will have to wake up at 5 a.m. local time for a half-hour shootaround at 7:30 p.m.
Auriemma’s squad has been accustomed to strange travel situations.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Mahdi, 41, had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration alleges that Maduro and Cabello are not only complicit in its rise but actively control it through the Soles drug cartel, using the gang as a deadly enforcement squad.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
And to the horror of Boston hockey fans, Marchand is now playing for the same team that ended their squad’s playoff hopes prematurely in the last two years — the Florida Panthers.
—Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Because of the number of teams, Auriemma said his team will have to wake up at 5 a.m. local time for a half-hour shootaround at 7:30 p.m.
Auriemma’s squad has been accustomed to strange travel situations.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Mahdi, 41, had the choice of dying by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration alleges that Maduro and Cabello are not only complicit in its rise but actively control it through the Soles drug cartel, using the gang as a deadly enforcement squad.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for squad
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“Squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squad. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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