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.

Examples of the Pentagon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the Pentagon, the current situation in which the U.S. imports roughly 45% of its daily copper needs (per U.S. Commerce Department data) this represents a national security risk even though most imports originate in Chile and Canada. —David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

Yet the Pentagon seems more concerned with making A.I. systems work effectively. —Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025

Doubts were recently raised about Trump’s commitment to supply Ukraine when the Pentagon paused shipments over concerns that U.S. stockpiles were running low. —Illia Novikov, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025

The latest example is the Pentagon, which was forced to delete and then repost a video featuring Defense Sec. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 July 2025

Rhymes for the Pentagon

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