the forces

plural noun

British

: the military organizations (such as the army, navy, and air force) of a country : armed forces

Will the new defense policy weaken the forces?

Examples of the forces in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Money skills only make sense when students understand the forces underneath them. — Michael Poore Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

At its height, the US had 170,000 troops in Iraq before the Obama administration withdrew the forces from the country in 2011. — Sarah Tamimi, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Together, the two events are designed to connect science, business, creativity and imagination, offering a broad perspective on the forces that are shaping beauty’s next chapter. — Advertorial, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

The urge to predictively steer the forces of chaos was evenly shared between practitioners of the sciences and the arts, neighbors within the space of the casino. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the forces

• discourses
• divorces
• endorses
• enforces
• indorses
• racehorses
• workforces
• courses
• horses
• sources
• reinforces
• watercourses