as in team
a group of people working together on a task
a clean-up brigade put the parish hall back in good order
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Recent Examples of brigade
Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
This strain of eliminationism is not simply a derangement of the political right; the notes sounded by the dollars versus deaths brigade come straight from the liberal hymnbook.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 May 2020
Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
The Takeaway: Leadership Lessons from the Line There’s a reason the highest-performing kitchens are called brigades.
—Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Noun
These communities have also been known to brigade other subreddits, meaning members would hop into other subreddits and spam them with falsehoods about the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin or the effectiveness of vaccines.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
This strain of eliminationism is not simply a derangement of the political right; the notes sounded by the dollars versus deaths brigade come straight from the liberal hymnbook.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 May 2020
Verb
Serra, whose father fought in the Resistance, but in a non-Communist brigade that never reconciled itself with the more hard-line postwar Communists, admits more than a measure of sympathy for Malaparte.
—Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
The Takeaway: Leadership Lessons from the Line There’s a reason the highest-performing kitchens are called brigades.
—Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigade
Noun
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The team began as a pilot project with limited service hours in August 2023.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
24 July 2025
Verb
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The late One Direction alum also gave the boy band some advice on how to make the stage their own.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
16 July 2025
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The strategy has shortcomings: in the first few seasons of avian influenza, the team hadn’t been able to band many birds as a result of the COVID pandemic, but the hunting data results looked normal.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
15 July 2025
Noun
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An army of social followers seems like a valuable asset in either scenario.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
22 July 2025
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In the book, the CSS Birmingham is an old battleship manned by dead Confederate soldiers, but the show updates that problematic depiction by expanding the crew to all armies that have been defeated in battle and owe a debt of service to Ares.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
22 July 2025
Verb
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Rachel rallied the votes to save Amy last week but couldn’t do it this week.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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The community is rallying support for a Middletown wife and her two children after her husband was killed in a tragic accident at the age of 29.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
24 July 2025
Noun
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On all but the difficult-to-access east side of the fire, crews have already planted seeds to restore the environment and repaired fences, according to the Great Basin team.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
26 July 2025
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The fire suppression efforts involve 22 engines, six water tenders and four hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
26 July 2025
Verb
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The Santa Barbara division of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) had a surprise sheep herding on their hands when a flock got free of their enclosures.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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In June 1969, police raided the bar and roughed up patrons before herding them into police vans, causing the crowd outside to become enraged.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Boston could still use another frontline starter to pair at the top and open up its platoon players by finally finding a full-time first baseman on the trade market after Triston Casas suffered a season-ending knee injury in May.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Ramona Cadet Zito earned the position of guide for 3rd Platoon and marched in carrying the platoon’s guidon.—
Cadet Nadeen Willat,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Celebrity tans are approaching early-aughts amber, and if dermatologists’ observations and social media are any indication, teens are flocking to the beach in pursuit of scorching burns.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
19 July 2025
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The youthful audience that once flocked to late night now spends most of their time on social-first video platforms, where a new generation of talent is emerging.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 July 2025
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“Brigade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brigade. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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