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 Since then, crews have worked around the clock to get neighborhoods back up and running. — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Perhaps not coincidentally, the Royals broadcast team dropped in Awful Announcing’s ranking of the 30 MLB television crews. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026 Emergency crews worked under the threat of additional strikes to put out the fire, and had to cut through the flooring between two building levels to extinguish smoldering materials, as per Ukrainian government platform United24. — News Desk, Artforum, 25 Aug. 2026 Ariat Work will also provide the Browns construction crews with the best gear for the job, the company said. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026 Thousands remain under evacuation orders in and around Reno, Nevada, as crews battle a large wildfire that has destroyed dozens of structures and injured multiple people. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Hundreds of miles away, Ukrainian drone crews had barely paused after the night’s work before starting to prepare for another attack. — 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 The successful run follows cold testing completed earlier this spring, where crews pressurized the primary circuit to scrub pipes and test for micro-leaks. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crews
  1. gangs
  2. teams
  3. networks
  4. platoons
  5. syndicates
  6. armies
  7. clans
  8. companies
Noun
  • Mexico Government Smuggling gasoline and diesel from the United States into Mexico and reselling it tax-free is a huge money-maker for organized crime gangs, including drug cartels.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Police spokesperson Garry Desrosiers took only a handful of questions from journalists at a news conference Thursday, just days after gangs attacked Kenscoff, a once-peaceful farming community nestled in the hills near Port-au-Prince.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of gangs
Noun
  • There remain a lot of games on that schedule against teams with far more talent.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The decision to leave off Camden Brown comes down to who can actually contribute on special teams.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of teams
Noun
  • Organizations aggregate enormous amounts of telemetry across endpoints, networks, identities, applications and cloud infrastructure.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Polls are often sponsored by television networks or news organizations, but conducted by universities or polling companies over which the FCC has no control.
    — Jeff Mason, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of networks
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
Noun
  • 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
  • Informal mining is a deep problem in South Africa and is connected to criminal syndicates, according to authorities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of syndicates
Noun
  • Big Ridley commands armies of extras, builds enormous sets and deploys cutting-edge visual effects to create places that no longer exist — or never did.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of armies
Noun
  • 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
  • Scores attach to a profile, clans compete by country, challenges travel between friends.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of clans
Noun
  • The role of companies Singapore’s new scheme shifts from merely encouraging births to focus on family well-being over the long term, which might help change how potential parents think about children.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Persuading big American oil companies to return to the region could prove a challenge given the political uncertainty and damaged infrastructure.
    — Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of companies

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“Crews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crews. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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