the Pentagon
noun
1
: the building in Washington, D.C., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense
2
: the leaders of the U.S. military
There was disagreement between the President and the Pentagon over the new military budget.
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To take one example: American Dynamism invests in SpaceX, which has significant federal contracts with NASA and the Pentagon.
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Newsweek reached out to the Pentagon via email outside of normal business hours on Thursday evening for further clarification and comment.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Since then, military flights to the Pentagon have been suspended.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Officials at the Pentagon, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation contend that the research has resulted in the censorship of conservative Americans online, though there is no evidence any of the studies resulted in that.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Newsweek reached out to the Pentagon via email outside of normal business hours on Thursday evening for further clarification and comment.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Since then, military flights to the Pentagon have been suspended.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Officials at the Pentagon, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation contend that the research has resulted in the censorship of conservative Americans online, though there is no evidence any of the studies resulted in that.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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“The Pentagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Pentagon. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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