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

Among several honors listed on Buckley’s resume are outstanding performance awards from DHS/FEMA to Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue for its Hurricane Katrina response and from Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department involving the terrorist attack on the Pentagon on 9-11. —Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026

An array of farseeing early warning radars act as the Pentagon’s eyes against any missile attack. —John Leicester, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026

The order was submitted to all federal agencies, except the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs. —Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026

Those defying what the Pentagon may consider lawful orders would be doing so at their peril. —Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026

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