crews

noun

plural of crew
1
as in gangs
a group involved in secret or criminal activities when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew

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2
as in teams
a group of people working together on a task we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow

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Recent Examples of crews High costs But shippers are ferrying crude through Hormuz at high cost to the lives of their crews and in freight and insurance rates, Bockmann said. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 In Hideaway Hills, six years after emergency crews knocked on doors and ordered families to pack up and leave, the original sinkhole remains unfilled. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 By the end of 2028, crews will have replaced 15 pedestrian and vehicle bridges and rehabilitate seven more. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, American astronauts started flying in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which still carries international crews to the International Space Station to this day. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The same officiating crews that produce flag-heavy games during the regular season generally adopt a more permissive standard in the playoffs. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Two crews and a campaign of violence A superseding indictment, returned in July 2024, charged nine men with 17 counts. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 After more than 80 years, crews this week demolished a historic bridge that carried travelers across the Mississippi River between Missouri and downstate Illinois. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Auburn Fire Department crews and airport officials confirmed no injuries in the incident at the airport, 13666 New Airport Road in Auburn. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crews
  1. gangs
  2. teams
  3. networks
  4. platoons
  5. syndicates
  6. armies
  7. clans
  8. companies
Noun
  • As Brazil has lost the ability to control its own security agenda, decisions about how to handle criminal gangs operating from its territory are increasingly made outside the country.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Around Wedela, Reuters reported that criminal gangs run the operations and use armed men to protect their territory.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of gangs
Noun
  • While no postponements or cancellations have been announced, security teams are undoubtedly assessing what level of risk is tolerable for the titans of the global economy.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The mediator does an intense workout taking the offers and counteroffers between the parties, up and down an elegant staircase that separates the teams.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of teams
Noun
  • The constitutional question has been litigated many times, and by our count, every state or federal appellate court that’s ruled on the issue has concluded that ALPR networks are within bounds of the Fourth Amendment.
    — Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As defense shifts from traditional armor toward connected missile-defense grids and real-time targeting, its components become increasingly central to the weapons and sensing systems that make those networks work.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of networks
Noun
  • The welcome ceremony also included a flyover by two B-1 bombers, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The welcome ceremony was also set to include a flyover by two B-1 bombers, flower presenters, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries.
    — Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of platoons
Noun
  • Ramaphosa announced that soldiers would be deployed to support police in tackling gang violence, as the government steps up its fight against criminal syndicates.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Complex investigations to dismantle drug trafficking syndicates can require advanced equipment, Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokesperson for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, wrote in a statement.
    — Aneri Pattani — KFF Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of syndicates
Noun
  • Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a long-range aerial war as their armies remain largely deadlocked on the battlefield, more than 4½ years after Moscow's all-out invasion of its neighbor.
    — SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a long-range aerial war as their armies remain largely deadlocked on the battlefield, more than 4½ years after Moscow’s all-out invasion of its neighbor.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of armies
Noun
  • Ali Mahmoud Ali, the group's Sudan analyst, said that the latest clashes risk bringing in more Nuba clans into the fight and could increase divisions across South Kordofan, where communities are facing an already dire humanitarian situation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • All Palestinian clans and families in Gaza would also be a target for disarmament, which would have an impact on the future of Hamas and Palestinian armed struggle.
    — Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of clans
Noun
  • The companies say a flood of lawsuits in state courts is not the way to deal with the global issue.
    — LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Wildfires California created first-in-the-nation standards to test and remediate homes damaged by wildfire smoke and to require insurance companies to pay for associated costs.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of companies

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“Crews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crews. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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