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 Spokespeople for the National Security Council and the Pentagon declined to comment. —

Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Apr. 2024 But the Pentagon has been planning for the worst-case contingencies if the talks failed. —

Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024 The Wall Street Journal reported last year that the Pentagon is looking to develop AI systems for defense and to enhance its fleet of drones. —

Emma Roth, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024 Israel neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the Syria strike, though the Pentagon said Israel was responsible. —

NPR, 15 Apr. 2024 At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conferred by phone with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. —

Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024 Carnegie picked up tickets for the event from the Maryland School for the Blind late last week and took the day off from her job at the Pentagon. —

Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024 Those principles haven’t prevented Google signing lucrative military contracts with the Pentagon and Israel. —

Billy Perrigo, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024 Shortly before seven aid workers for World Food Kitchen were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Monday, State Department officials told the Pentagon to issue a letter of acceptance to Israel for a case of munitions, U.S. officials said. —

Edward Wong, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024

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