as in team
a group of people working together on a task
a clean-up brigade put the parish hall back in good order
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Recent Examples of brigade
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
The Pentagon also reduced the number of brigade combat teams assigned to Europe, a move that also took some members of Congress by surprise.
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Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Cecilia D'anastasio,
Wired,
2 Sep. 2021
This strain of eliminationism is not simply a derangement of the political right; the notes sounded by the dollars versus deaths brigade come straight from the liberal hymnbook.
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Aaron Timms,
The New Republic,
18 May 2020
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Noun
The intoxicating pull of the manosphere – the hyper-online community led by men who tout misogynistic definitions of manliness – has given Glass a boisterous brigade of rivals.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
The Pentagon also reduced the number of brigade combat teams assigned to Europe, a move that also took some members of Congress by surprise.
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Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Verb
These communities have also been known to brigade other subreddits, meaning members would hop into other subreddits and spam them with falsehoods about the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin or the effectiveness of vaccines.
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Cecilia D'anastasio,
Wired,
2 Sep. 2021
This strain of eliminationism is not simply a derangement of the political right; the notes sounded by the dollars versus deaths brigade come straight from the liberal hymnbook.
—
Aaron Timms,
The New Republic,
18 May 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigade
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The Mets, being one of the worst offensive teams in baseball, don’t often come back from large deficits.
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Among their polyglot ranks are search-and-rescue specialists, doctors, canine teams and structural engineers.
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They were named and banded, and their names were announced Monday — in addition to Mavis, they were named Buddy, Frankie, and Tweedy.
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The physical distinction between eastern and broad-banded copperheads is minimal.
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The framework has provisions for a test run of sorts, with Israeli troops withdrawing from two pilot zones where the Lebanese army will gradually assume security responsibilities.
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Earlier this month, the Nigerian army rescued more than 300 people abducted by Boko Haram from Ngoshe, a town about 114 kilometers (71 miles) from Lassa, where Monday’s abduction happened.
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For eight years, the group rallied city officials, politicians and advocates to petition the National Park Service and the city of Philadelphia to build a slavery memorial at the President's House.
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As the match enters a hydration break, Austria — which has already gone for broke with four substitutions this half — will have to try something different to rally.
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Students in the program completed hands-on training and academic coursework while serving the remainder of their sentences as a hand crew member at a conservation camp.
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Maybe that explains her chaotic behavior when the crew goes out later that night.
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In a sense that’s true, as rather than continually being reinvested in Destiny, the profits were used for bizarre projects like a sprawling HQ in the COVID era, or herded into too many other incubation projects.
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The wholesale slaughter on the plains outside Troy is constantly likened to harvest, planting, herding flocks.
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Rincones is a platoon outfielder, playing a position the Phillies may upgrade at the trade deadline.
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That meant some of their platoon plans were thrown into disarray in mid-May, which is right around the time the Rays started to lose their grip on the American League East lead.
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The siblings dominated the sport for decades and fans will once again flock to SW19 to see the two living legends in action.
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No strike date has been announced as of yet, but the vote arrives at the start of summer, the time of year when New York museums typically see their highest attendance as vacationers flock to the city from around the world.
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“Brigade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brigade. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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