as in crews
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 teams
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2026
Among their polyglot ranks are search-and-rescue specialists, doctors, canine teams and structural engineers.
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Mery Mogollón,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2026
Nick Boyd scored 11 points to lead the Warriors, who have two teams in the California Classic, one in Sacramento and another at Chase Center in San Francisco.
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Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2026
As of Saturday afternoon, there were six teams within 5 1/2 games of the final AL wild-card spot.
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Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
For each match, the model compares the two teams’ FIFA ranking points, converts the rating difference into a win probability, and randomly selects a winner using that probability.
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Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
In the meantime, mission teams on the ground are keeping Swift at least 185 miles above Earth, where the boost mission has the best chance of success, NASA said.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
According to the State Department, the three USAR teams include 312 personnel and 18 canine teams, including firefighters, physicians, structural engineers and canine search specialists.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2026
The result was enough for Colombia to win Group K and Portugal to finish as the runner-up in the group, with both teams advancing to the knockout stage.
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Anthony Chiang
june 27,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2026
Noun
The Mets, being one of the worst offensive teams in baseball, don’t often come back from large deficits.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2026
Among their polyglot ranks are search-and-rescue specialists, doctors, canine teams and structural engineers.
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Mery Mogollón,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2026
Nick Boyd scored 11 points to lead the Warriors, who have two teams in the California Classic, one in Sacramento and another at Chase Center in San Francisco.
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Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2026
As of Saturday afternoon, there were six teams within 5 1/2 games of the final AL wild-card spot.
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Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
For each match, the model compares the two teams’ FIFA ranking points, converts the rating difference into a win probability, and randomly selects a winner using that probability.
—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
In the meantime, mission teams on the ground are keeping Swift at least 185 miles above Earth, where the boost mission has the best chance of success, NASA said.
—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
According to the State Department, the three USAR teams include 312 personnel and 18 canine teams, including firefighters, physicians, structural engineers and canine search specialists.
—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2026
The result was enough for Colombia to win Group K and Portugal to finish as the runner-up in the group, with both teams advancing to the knockout stage.
—
Anthony Chiang
june 27,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teams
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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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That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition.
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Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens.
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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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Outfield requires far more starting spots, and most of those available later in drafts are locked in platoons.
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The world watched athletes kneel, teams protest and leagues pause.
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While still leagues ahead of other wealthy individuals, Musk isn’t the only Texan with an astronomical net worth.
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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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But the rub this time is the introduction of Varang (Oona Chaplin), an unhinged leader of a tribe who allies herself with human villains.
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The ash people’s perspective allies them with the group looking to strip-mine Pandora’s resources.
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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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The incident occurred on Saturday evening, May 23, at the Driftwood Grill in Summerton, NBC affiliates WIS and WYFF, Fox affiliate WJW, CBS affiliate WLTX and The Post and Courier reported.
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“Teams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teams. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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