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as in gangs
a group involved in secret or criminal activities
when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew
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as in teams
a group of people working together on a task
we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow
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Recent Examples of crews
To counter the explosive projectiles, Russian tank crews began mounting homemade cages above their turrets to cushion the tanks from blasts.
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Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The fire suppression efforts involve 20 engines, two water tenders and eight hand crews.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Ambulance crews carry defibrillators, but in remote or rural areas, delays are common.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Whether coordinating crews on a construction site or troubleshooting an HVAC failure in extreme conditions, the pressure to adapt and deliver results builds the same muscles demanded of corporate leaders.
—Dan Ringo, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The London Ambulance Service said its crews treated 21 patients at the airport terminal before taking one patient to the hospital.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
But beyond the Falcon 9, SpaceX has been developing its Starship megarocket, which is designed to carry massive payloads and large crews on deep-space missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
His last big discovery After all the divers were done for the day on their July 27 expedition, the two boat crews conferred.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Many people who were hit bled to death, since no medical crews or ambulances could reach them.
—Ahmed Dader
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The fire suppression efforts involve 20 engines, two water tenders and eight hand crews.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Ambulance crews carry defibrillators, but in remote or rural areas, delays are common.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Whether coordinating crews on a construction site or troubleshooting an HVAC failure in extreme conditions, the pressure to adapt and deliver results builds the same muscles demanded of corporate leaders.
—Dan Ringo, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The London Ambulance Service said its crews treated 21 patients at the airport terminal before taking one patient to the hospital.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
But beyond the Falcon 9, SpaceX has been developing its Starship megarocket, which is designed to carry massive payloads and large crews on deep-space missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
His last big discovery After all the divers were done for the day on their July 27 expedition, the two boat crews conferred.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Many people who were hit bled to death, since no medical crews or ambulances could reach them.
—Ahmed Dader
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crews
Noun
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Gerson believes the gangs have retreated.—
Johnny Fils-Aimé,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Last November, gangs opened fire on a Spirit Airlines flight landing in Port-au-Prince, striking a flight attendant who received minor injuries.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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Fourth-and-8 isn’t really a great spot to risk a turnover on downs, but with kickoff touchbacks placing teams at the 35-yard line, a turnover at the 39-yard line isn’t particularly damning by comparison.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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TeamSmile is a nonprofit organization that brings oral health professionals together with professional sports teams to help deliver oral health procedures to underserved children.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This creates a need to expand collection networks, boost consumer participation and design for textile-to-textile recyclability.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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Broadcast and cable networks like CNN did show some of the footage, but stopped the images and ran only audio, with the sounds of those in the crowd screaming.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s grandiose displays of brute force—the massing of weapons of war and platoons of masked, unidentified combat fighters targeting the very civilian populations they are commissioned to protect—does not bring reassurance.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Russian assault platoons are rushing behind ukrainian lines.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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Behind these scams, according to the Commission's findings, Chinese crime syndicates have aligned themselves with Beijing's geopolitical agenda.—
Mike Kuiken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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These scam centers mushroomed especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, when Chinese criminal syndicates found a new use for empty casinos and hotels.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In desperate need of shelf-stable foods to feed his armies, Napoléon Bonaparte offered a reward of 12,000 francs to anyone who could invent a new method of food preservation.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bluesky, part of the decentralized internet, is slower paced and caters to niche interests, rewarding internecine fights over minutiae, whereas X is deliberately chaotic, encouraging the gathering of follower-armies and ideological insult-comedy for an audience that may be largely made up of bots.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And just like historical colonialism, this influence flows primarily in one direction – from powerful tech companies to the rest of us.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Florida Republican also called for social media companies to take down the videos capturing the moments he was shot.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Yet the unit also targets dissenters and those, including various clans, some backed by Israel, that dare to defy Hamas’s rule.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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His death effectively ended the O’More as one of the major Irish clans.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Crews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crews. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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