as in crew
a group of people working together on a task
asked the Boy Scouts to split into teams and begin pitching their tents
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Recent Examples of team
Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Catcher is not a spot that a team will risk not having a backup for long.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2026
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Zero Gravity will team with USA Today Studios to develop and produce projects — both scripted and unscripted — based on the media company’s deep sports IP vault, including articles, features and podcasts originating from USA Today and USA Today Network’s 200 local publications across the country.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 May 2026
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Noun
But those most recent generations have known far more heartbreak than would really be considered fair for most other teams.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Catcher is not a spot that a team will risk not having a backup for long.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2026
Verb
That connects directly to long-term demand-side contracts and to team alignment around our vision and mission, which are both critical to ClimeCo’s long-term success.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Zero Gravity will team with USA Today Studios to develop and produce projects — both scripted and unscripted — based on the media company’s deep sports IP vault, including articles, features and podcasts originating from USA Today and USA Today Network’s 200 local publications across the country.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for team
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Heavy equipment crews were digging up rip-rap boulders from under the sand to use in the operation.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Emergency crews searched Saturday night for a swimmer who went underwater near a popular rock face on a lake in the North Carolina mountains and never resurfaced.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2026
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The leagued released a scheduling matrix with KU playing 18 Big 12 games.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
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As with any reform, however, the devil is in the details, and some of those details still had fans and league insiders asking questions.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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The Great Hall at the CBS Philadelphia studios was buzzing all day as an army of volunteers took donations and honored the memory of Alex Scott, the little girl who started it all.—
CBS News Philadelphia Staff,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The route then reaches Mount Tabor, where the prophetess Deborah sang her song of victory, and continues to Megiddo, the site of numerous battles involving the armies of Israel and invading forces throughout biblical history, before ending in Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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The public obviously cannot know every factor that went into the Artemis III crew decision, and to the astronauts themselves, flight assignments are part of their workplace life, like getting grouped together for projects are at our own jobs.—
Margaret Landis,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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Agentic marketing gets grouped with categories that operate very differently.—
Manick Bhan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Attacking players Akram Afif, Al-Haydos and Almoez Ali are the unquestioned stars of the squad.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Brazil has the better squad on paper, with the likes of Matheus Cunha, Vinícius Júnior and Raphinha among a host of top-class talent.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Jurors deliberated for a week before voting to convict 48-year-old Francesca Lopez in the death of Felipe Lopez-Custodio, who was clubbed to death with a piece of scrap wood and strangled with a cord inside his apartment on Jacqueline Way in Concord.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Walk stole third and then trotted home when Camden Johnson clubbed his ninth home run of the season.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2026
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The bulk of Event Strategies' federal contracts have been awarded since Justin Caporale, the company’s former CEO, was appointed executive producer for major events and public appearances in the Executive Office of the President.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security awarded a contract to a company that makes a drone with massive nets to ensnare other drones.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Their bill would allow independents to vote in primary elections without having to affiliate with a party.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Mar. 2026
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Candidates in the nonpartisan races can still affiliate with a party while campaigning but will not be identified by party on the ballot.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Team.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/team. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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