the forces
plural noun
British
: the military organizations (such as the army, navy, and air force) of a country : armed forces
Will the new defense policy weaken the forces?
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At this moment, with the bay just steps away and hurricane season still underway, Schirato’s gesture feels both fragile and precise—a quiet reckoning with the forces, seen and unseen, that shape a place and the people within it.
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Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
His book joins a chorus of critics who argue that late-twentieth-century neoliberalism unleashed the forces of market globalization and hypercapitalism that in turn undermined stable societies anchored in family, religion, and national solidarity.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Coalitions of the willing—composed of states, multilateral institutions, the private sector and civil society—should be a powerful antidote to the forces of instability.
—David Miliband, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
The firm further subjected the structure to combined torque and bending loads at the canard hubs, exceeding 125 per cent of the forces expected across all phases of flight.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
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Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
His book joins a chorus of critics who argue that late-twentieth-century neoliberalism unleashed the forces of market globalization and hypercapitalism that in turn undermined stable societies anchored in family, religion, and national solidarity.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Coalitions of the willing—composed of states, multilateral institutions, the private sector and civil society—should be a powerful antidote to the forces of instability.
—David Miliband, Time, 16 Dec. 2025
The firm further subjected the structure to combined torque and bending loads at the canard hubs, exceeding 125 per cent of the forces expected across all phases of flight.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
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“The forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20forces. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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