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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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Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2024
The others could be found after a review to be victims, witnesses or members of the gang.
—Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
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Noun
Echols and the second shooter, Michael Sanon, were Crips gang members from Columbus, according to testimony.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2024
The others could be found after a review to be victims, witnesses or members of the gang.
—Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Verb
And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all.
—Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
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“Gang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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