platoons

noun

Definition of platoonsnext
plural of platoon
as in teams
a group of people working together on a task will need a platoon of assistants to mount the display at the spring flower show

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  1. armies
  2. crews
  3. squads
  4. battalions
Noun
  • Hundreds of thousands have been fed, homes restored, and hope fueled by mighty armies of volunteers.
    Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Other firms are still performing in-house due diligence before allowing their armies of FAs to start actively pitching the funds.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of armies
Noun
  • Rescue crews are hindered by cell service outages and ruined roads and bridges as federal officials warn money to help people get back on their feet is tenuous with 57 days still left in the official hurricane season.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The guard members said crews stationed with them at McGhee Tyson Airport have rescued about 100 people over the weekend and delivered tens of thousands of pounds of supplies.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of crews
Noun
  • The calendar forces us to have competitive and large squads.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The commando squads hunting Palestinian militant leaders in Beirut in April 1973 killed two Lebanese police officers and one Italian citizen in their search for targets.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of squads
Noun
  • Hurling entire battalions against Ukrainian defenses in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast on Sunday and Monday, Russian forces advanced a quarter mile through the ruins of the town of Maksymilyanivka—and continued their slow, costly march on the city of Kurakhove, two miles the west.
    David Axe, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • After more than a year in combat, the 2,000-person unit finally rotated most of its battalions off the front line in eastern Ukraine last month.
    David Axe, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of battalions
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