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as in team
a group of people working together on a task
a gang of neighborhood residents spent the weekend cleaning up the park
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as in crowd
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
the whole gang went out for pizza the school's computer hackers had their own little gang
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as in to group
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Recent Examples of gang
Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Rivas is not listed in the NYPD’s gang database, but detectives are exploring whether the shooting was linked to an internal feud within the violent Trinitarios street gang, according to police sources.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter.
—Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020
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Noun
And in the aftermath, Fox News reported that 30 people were ultimately detained in the raids, with one linked to the transnational Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua -- falling short of ICE's goal of arresting over 100 gang members that day.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Rivas is not listed in the NYPD’s gang database, but detectives are exploring whether the shooting was linked to an internal feud within the violent Trinitarios street gang, according to police sources.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors – a place to gang together for wrist shots – that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid.
—Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter.
—Vedika Sud, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gang
Noun
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That’s something that the team at Amazon strategically figures out what’s the best way to drop the show.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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In Portland the Outdoor Life Girl was the guest of the Portland and Oakland baseball teams.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 Mar. 2025
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Outside were a crowd of officers and a line of Baltimore County Police cars and motorcycles.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2025
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Serena Williams’ former coach Patrick Mouratoglou broke the mould by creating the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, a funky format with an immersive set-up designed to create crowd interaction that dances to the tune of the digital age.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Mariah the Scientist, Alex Warren, Latin Mafia, Flipturn, magdalena Bay, Gryffin, JPEGMAFIA, ISOxo, Artemas, GigiPerez, Del Water Gap, Katseye, Rebecca Black and more are also on the docket.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2025
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De Leon will appear as a recurring guest star as ‘Chiqui,’ the prison boss of the Mexican Mafia who is described as imposing, threatening and domineering.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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How to Play Connections In Connections, players must group 16 words into four categories based on their relationships.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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By weaponizing bias against itself — using prestigious cultural signals to be grouped with the elite — disadvantaged minorities can hack the system and carve out new spaces for themselves.—
Bethany Thompson,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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Seth Davis, for example, shared a photo of the CBS crew wearing Rolling Stones shirts to remember their late colleague.—
Joe Kozlowski,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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Detroit has 14 games remaining in the regular season to improve playoff seeding and earn the respect of officiating crews before the postseason begins.—
Hunter Patterson,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Setting up a solar mirror has to be -- and in real life absolutely would be -- as interesting as fighting a bunch of orcs in a room.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The series is about two sisters, but for the first half of the season, even by splitting the narrative into a bunch of flashbacks, Long Bright River can’t find a way to make that relationship rise to the surface.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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When, a year later, the organization resurfaces and begins trafficking a new drug called Pink Lady across the Middle East, Khalid must reluctantly join forces with Ghali, the only person with intimate knowledge of the syndicate’s operations.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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With time running out, Khalid reluctantly join forces with Ghali, the only person with intimate knowledge of the syndicate’s operations.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Rice, 26, recently clubbed his fifth home run in less than 50 spring training at-bats.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Brat is a party album that functions year-round for clubbing teenagers and teary moms-to-be alike.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Gang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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