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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 brigades
Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
And Dutch neighbor Belgium has just reactivated two military brigades as part of a wider drive to boost defenses.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
According to sources, confronting the unit directly would require the simultaneous deployment of at least four army brigades.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
The army has purchased 92 T-72B1 tanks and 123 BMP-3 armored personnel carriers from Russia, which equip the armored brigades alongside 81 AMX-30 tanks previously acquired from France.
—Germán Padinger, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Designed to complement the Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the MV-75 will provide combat aviation brigades and special operations aviation units with a survivable, long-range, high-speed platform capable of operating in contested environments.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
In decades past, residents would form sandbagging brigades when floods threatened, but businesses were often inundated.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
In Mexico, local brigades using the wildfire predicting system had their first fire season with zero fatalities.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
Some brigades, including Khartiia and Azov, which are both part of Ukraine's National Guard, feature women in their advertising campaigns.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
And Dutch neighbor Belgium has just reactivated two military brigades as part of a wider drive to boost defenses.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
And Dutch neighbor Belgium has just reactivated two military brigades as part of a wider drive to boost defenses.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
According to sources, confronting the unit directly would require the simultaneous deployment of at least four army brigades.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
The army has purchased 92 T-72B1 tanks and 123 BMP-3 armored personnel carriers from Russia, which equip the armored brigades alongside 81 AMX-30 tanks previously acquired from France.
—Germán Padinger, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Designed to complement the Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the MV-75 will provide combat aviation brigades and special operations aviation units with a survivable, long-range, high-speed platform capable of operating in contested environments.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
In decades past, residents would form sandbagging brigades when floods threatened, but businesses were often inundated.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
In Mexico, local brigades using the wildfire predicting system had their first fire season with zero fatalities.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
Some brigades, including Khartiia and Azov, which are both part of Ukraine's National Guard, feature women in their advertising campaigns.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigades
Noun
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Every one of the NFL’s 32 teams has played a regular-season game outside the United States and is signed up to the league’s Global Markets Program.—
Tom Chitty,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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The committee uses 12 criteria to determine who belongs in the field and where teams should be seeded.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In recent days, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, and bands Beach Bunny and Wednesday, also have left the agency, Deadline reported.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
10 Feb. 2026
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One thing that bands from the Northeast shared with bands from the Northwest was an appreciation for a good sweater.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
6 Oct. 2025
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According to the Defense official, the Army plans to ramp up training over the next year, eventually sending in platoons of some 40 soldiers at a time to train.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
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The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical.—
Time,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The East rallies to beat the West 132-120.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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National No Kings rallies protest reportedly attracted 7-million participants in October.—
Brian Niemietz,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The historical fiction imagines the Mexican and American armies fighting for control of the West — part myth, fact and fiction spanning the past and present.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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These anti-peace sentiments can be quickly amplified by bot armies.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But the cleanups did remove the garbage that piles up along the San Juan, robbing the gillagers of a reliable source of income.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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These outdoor hangout spots don't get much use during the winter, but snow still piles up on decks during winter storms.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Fire crews quickly confined and extinguished the blaze, however, searchers found three dogs dead, Bosse said.—
Jennifer Edwards Baker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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However, one quick look at what companies like Boston Dynamics has achieved with robots like the rather creepy dog-like ‘Spot,’ who herds sheep in New Zealand, and the possibilities seem endless.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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