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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Recent Examples of platoons
In the coming years, as Erik Neander took over the baseball operations department, the Rays were at the forefront of analytics with defensive shifts, aggressive platoons, utilizing openers, creating a menagerie of arm slots in the bullpen and, yes, prioritizing exit velocity.
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John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
Outfield requires far more starting spots, and most of those available later in drafts are locked in platoons.
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Dalton Del Don,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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.
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Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical.
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Time,
5 Nov. 2025
One of the kids, an athletic-looking teenager named Ladislav, told me that 1654 is organized into platoons that train with Kraken commanders.
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Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
He and Pat were assigned to different platoons and rarely saw each other.
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Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
Avivi said that gathering information on Hamas terrorists and the organization’s structure has been an ongoing effort for years, including mapping platoons, companies, and battalions, as well as identifying commanders.
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Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Vogt is all but certain to win again, despite Hinch’s deft handling of the Tigers’ tricky platoons across the board.
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Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
Outfield requires far more starting spots, and most of those available later in drafts are locked in platoons.
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Dalton Del Don,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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.
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Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 Nov. 2025
The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical.
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Time,
5 Nov. 2025
One of the kids, an athletic-looking teenager named Ladislav, told me that 1654 is organized into platoons that train with Kraken commanders.
—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
He and Pat were assigned to different platoons and rarely saw each other.
—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
Avivi said that gathering information on Hamas terrorists and the organization’s structure has been an ongoing effort for years, including mapping platoons, companies, and battalions, as well as identifying commanders.
—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Vogt is all but certain to win again, despite Hinch’s deft handling of the Tigers’ tricky platoons across the board.
—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platoons
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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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My question is whether there is anything in the resolution which would authorize or recommend or approve the landing of large American armies in Vietnam or in China.
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The Supreme Court considered the meaning of the clause in a landmark case in 1898 and affirmed the rule of citizenship by birth, with rare exceptions for the children of foreign diplomats, occupying armies and members of Native American tribes.
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Ground crews and least three aircraft responded to the fire, according to Cal Fire’s incident page.
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State police said local firefighters, EMS crews, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, the Department of Consumer Protection and towing crews assisted with the cleanup.
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The operation was a testament to the growing effectiveness of a multinational coalition of urban search-and-rescue squads.
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Both squads have five touches in the opposing box, but obviously only Egypt has taken advantage.
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These religious sites and sacred areas throughout Ukraine have not been used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces or Ukrainian volunteer battalions as staging grounds to fight against Russian forces.
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The organization conducted a review of the department that found the LAFD needs 62 new fire stations, 4,000 additional firefighters, dozens of new dispatchers, seven new battalions, and emergency management service substations.
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From candy makers to bakers and wedding favor brands, people and companies around the world appear to be capitalizing on what could be the biggest wedding of the era.
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Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald How did a 19th-century Japanese playing-card manufacturer become one of the most influential companies in the entertainment world, asks Stephen Bush in the FT.
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In 2023, the K9-human duo deployed with the international brigades that searched the rubble of the Turkey–Syria earthquakes.
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The efforts are partly funded through a partnership between Bunge Foundation and IBAMA to support training and equipment for up to 40 Indigenous brigades across five states in the Cerrado and the Amazon.
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“Platoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoons. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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