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military-industrial complex
noun
: an informal alliance of the military and related government departments with defense industries that is held to influence government policy
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Over the weekend, the Kremlin announced the appointment of a new defense minister — an economist, Andrei Belousov, who will be tasked with harnessing the power of Russia’s military-industrial complex to sustain the fight.
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
Many of the industries that contribute to that warming through greenhouse gas emissions, like oil companies and the U.S. military-industrial complex, are either moving too slowly to keep humanity alive or actively resisting efforts to rein in their harms.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 May 2024
Kurgan is home to a key part of Russia’s military-industrial complex — a giant factory that produces infantry fighting vehicles for the army which are in high demand in Ukraine where the Russian military is on the offensive in some areas.
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Reuters, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
With a hat trick of performances from Peter Sellers, the film satirizes the American military-industrial complex and Cold War paranoia while finding a few laughs in the face of nuclear holocaust.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
Their military-industrial complex appears to be humming in producing war materiel, and the Kremlin’s coffers have never been fuller.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
But another reason Russia’s birth rate is so low today is that Putin needs soldiers and workers at military-industrial complex factories, and fewer Russians today want their children to grow up to become soldiers and workers.
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
She was sent to gather information on America’s military-industrial complex.
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Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
The sanctions, which are intended to disrupt Putin's war efforts, take aim at Russia’s financial sector, military-industrial complex, procurement networks and sanctions evaders across multiple continents.
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Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1961, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of military-industrial complex was
in 1961
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“Military-industrial complex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/military-industrial%20complex. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
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