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?

Examples of the forces in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the forces being deployed are light infantry, units that lack the large armored vehicles, including tanks, that typically underpin sustained ground offensives. —Chris Boccia, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026

In the second phase of the mission, US attack helicopters arrived to provide protective overhead cover and fight Venezuelan air defenses, as US transport helicopters removed Maduro and the forces that captured him from his compound. —Michael Rios, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026

Once the expiry passes, the forces suppressing volatility will recede — leaving macroeconomics and geopolitics firmly back in control. —Sidhartha Shukla, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026

In Natural Way, the earlier work, such disagreements exist to make neat narrative statements on the forces that alienate women from one another and from themselves. —Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026

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