teams 1 of 2

noun

plural of team
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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teams

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of team
as in groups

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Recent Examples of teams
Noun
Earlier in the season, a multi-inning outing for Pintaro, who has attracted interest from other teams over the past couple of years, would’ve meant a trip back to Triple A; the Mets would’ve needed to swap him for a fresh pitcher. — Will Sammon, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Its foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari previously said Qatari rescue teams searched for their remains and spoke to Iran to coordinate the handover of one of their bodies. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 This occurs amidst owner Mat Ishbia's company, United Wholesale Mortgage, facing and recouping multi-billion dollar losses, though UWM claims no impact on the teams. — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Their joint announcement on social media earned them thousands of congratulatory messages from fans of both teams. — Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2026 Sadly or maybe justly, the Dodgers have drifted into ineptitude of late, while the Tarik Skubal-less Tigers have suddenly gotten hot and leapfrogged several teams to move into the last wild-card slot. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 It was led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, working alongside teams from several European universities. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026 The teams wasted little time finding the net as Bay FC jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute when former Live Oak High and Cal star Karlie Lema’s pressure led to her fourth goal of the season. — Staff, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 The losing quarterfinal teams play on Thursday for a spot in an intercontinental playoff. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teams
  1. crews
  2. groups
  3. platoons
  4. clubs
  5. armies
  6. leagues
  7. squads
  8. allies
Noun
  • Hundreds of miles away, Ukrainian drone crews had barely paused after the night’s work before starting to prepare for another attack.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Utility crews are working to shore up main pipes that carry sewage 8-10 feet below the original creek bed.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of crews
Verb
  • Because humans can readily resolve patterns in motion — when points move in the same direction, the brain groups them into a unified whole — the moving dots appear as faint letters.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of groups
Noun
  • The Phillies will run outfield platoons in left and center for the remainder of the season.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Multiple schools across three states will soon have their own veritable platoons of pepper-spraying drones to hunt down active shooters, The Washington Post reports, waiting to spring into action the moment they’re called on.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026
Definition of platoons
Verb
  • 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.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 30 May 2026
  • Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of clubs
Noun
  • And because intelligence exists in isolated fragments across different systems, companies end up deploying armies of employees whose primary, manual job is just interpretation.
    — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Both sides, weakened by adverse conditions, had armies of nearly equal strength.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of armies
Verb
  • For those interested in learning or perfecting their game, Crossroads Golf KC will begin to offer lessons from instructors, and leagues every Monday and Tuesday starting in the fall.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • This has led to a rising tide of fist-shaking among sports fans that leagues and teams are harder than ever to follow amid a checkerboard of free and subscription distribution deals.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of leagues
Noun
  • Both sides rotated halfway through, giving two ‘starting XIs’ 60 minutes of game-time each, balancing the load out equally across their squads.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Last year the Dolphins found Cole Strange and Greg Dulcich on the other team’s practice squads.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of squads
Verb
  • But the rub this time is the introduction of Varang (Oona Chaplin), an unhinged leader of a tribe who allies herself with human villains.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The ash people’s perspective allies them with the group looking to strip-mine Pandora’s resources.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
Definition of allies

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