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 As of March, the Pentagon had earmarked $1 billion across its fiscal-year 2024 and 2025 budgets for its first round of Replicator systems, as USNI News reported. —

Jared Keller, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2024 After years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military’s size has dropped, while the Pentagon has turned more attention to the Pacific and a possible conflict with China. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2024 Quinn was going to get cut at the first double eviction, so the Pentagon was going to go from the Pentagon to a rectangle. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024 Slotkin has been a solid supporter of Israel and once was an official with the Pentagon and CIA. —

Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Pentagon

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