the Pentagon

noun

: the building in Washington, D.C., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense

: the leaders of the U.S. military

There was disagreement between the President and the Pentagon over the new military budget.

Examples of the Pentagon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And the Pentagon has a $9 billion contract with Microsoft, Google, Oracle, and Amazon for cloud computing services. —

Laura Bratton, Quartz, 13 May 2024 While that jet is the most visible sign of the AI work underway, there are hundreds of ongoing AI projects across the Pentagon. —

Tara Copp, Fortune, 12 May 2024 The explosive warheads of these bombs have changed little since the U.S. Navy created them shortly after World War II, but the Pentagon has kept them in service by developing new parts and pieces that can be attached for a variety of purposes. —

John Ismay, New York Times, 11 May 2024 There are deconfliction procedures between the Pentagon and Russia’s General Staff. —

Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 10 May 2024 Plumb applauds SpaceX's collaboration with the Pentagon. —

Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 10 May 2024 This is the kind of capability that the Pentagon, and other defense departments, has spent years trying to develop. —

Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024 Even before the wars ended the Pentagon activated a plan to tame massive healthcare costs by pushing military medical care into the private sector, especially for family members. —

Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 May 2024 Spokespeople for the National Security Council and the Pentagon declined to comment. —

Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024

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