armed forces
plural noun
: the combined military, naval, and air forces of a nation
called also armed services
Examples of armed forces in a Sentence
our nation's armed forces are stationed throughout the world
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Potential personnel moves All eyes will also be on any personnel changes that could take place this week, including potential appointments to the powerful Central Military Commission, which oversees China’s 2 million-strong armed forces.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
Critics said Trump had pushed for the extravagant parade not to commemorate the armed forces, but as a display of his own vanity.
—NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
Boots works hard to insist that while there might be a few bad apples along the way, there’s noble work to be done in the armed forces.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
The conflict erupted in April 2023 when a vicious power struggle boiled over between leaders of Sudan’s armed forces and its powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
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Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
Critics said Trump had pushed for the extravagant parade not to commemorate the armed forces, but as a display of his own vanity.
—NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
Boots works hard to insist that while there might be a few bad apples along the way, there’s noble work to be done in the armed forces.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
The conflict erupted in April 2023 when a vicious power struggle boiled over between leaders of Sudan’s armed forces and its powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Armed forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armed%20forces. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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