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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The Hill has reached out to the Pentagon for comment.
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 17 Nov. 2025
Black Hawk autonomy The demonstration unfolded at the DARPA, the Pentagon’s long-standing hub for high-risk, high-reward innovation.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
Critics have leaned on the fact that the lawyers come from the Pentagon, and therefore are military personnel, which would violate the PCA as a matter of technical fact, but the DOJ argues that those laws would apply if not for the changing status and nature of the personnel involved.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
That announcement did not explicitly mention Venezuela, and the Pentagon declined to give more specifics beyond Hegseth’s statement.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2025
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 17 Nov. 2025
Black Hawk autonomy The demonstration unfolded at the DARPA, the Pentagon’s long-standing hub for high-risk, high-reward innovation.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
Critics have leaned on the fact that the lawyers come from the Pentagon, and therefore are military personnel, which would violate the PCA as a matter of technical fact, but the DOJ argues that those laws would apply if not for the changing status and nature of the personnel involved.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
That announcement did not explicitly mention Venezuela, and the Pentagon declined to give more specifics beyond Hegseth’s statement.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2025
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“The Pentagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Pentagon. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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