as in teams
a group of people working together on a task
the cleaning squad usually arrives after regular business hours
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Recent Examples of squads
Other recent sinkholes In June, a giant sinkhole in southern Illinois swallowed the center of a soccer field built on top of a limestone mine, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play.
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Associated Press, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
This front office built a team capable of dismantling one of the hottest squads in the NBA.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
With the opening of the collegiate and prep grid seasons, elevens that play on the prairies and those that are more fortunate in securing inclosed grounds already have settled down to the task of reorganizing and drilling their squads.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2024
The Suns and Spurs are both 2-1 and play each other next week, meaning one of those two squads will also finish 3-1.
—Nick Crain, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The roster and practice squads are now full, so Denver will need to clear roster spots if any of the reserve list players are to return to action this weekend.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
In the majority of meetings between the two squads in 2024, Minnesota bested the Liberty by out-executing New York on both ends of the floor, generating better shots on offense and setting the tone with its defense.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2024
The state has inflamed its citizens by dispatching official morality squads to harass and arrest women for breaching the country’s dress code; deaths from such arrests sparked widespread unrest in the winter of 2022–23.
—Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The first is simply growing squads with more A-grade players.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Associated Press, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
This front office built a team capable of dismantling one of the hottest squads in the NBA.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
With the opening of the collegiate and prep grid seasons, elevens that play on the prairies and those that are more fortunate in securing inclosed grounds already have settled down to the task of reorganizing and drilling their squads.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2024
The Suns and Spurs are both 2-1 and play each other next week, meaning one of those two squads will also finish 3-1.
—Nick Crain, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The roster and practice squads are now full, so Denver will need to clear roster spots if any of the reserve list players are to return to action this weekend.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
In the majority of meetings between the two squads in 2024, Minnesota bested the Liberty by out-executing New York on both ends of the floor, generating better shots on offense and setting the tone with its defense.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2024
The state has inflamed its citizens by dispatching official morality squads to harass and arrest women for breaching the country’s dress code; deaths from such arrests sparked widespread unrest in the winter of 2022–23.
—Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
The first is simply growing squads with more A-grade players.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Squads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squads. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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