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?
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The firm further subjected the structure to combined torque and bending loads at the canard hubs, exceeding 125 per cent of the forces expected across all phases of flight.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Healthy habits, like those in the centenarian survey, can bolster longevity by reducing the forces that age us, such as chronic inflammation, blood vessel damage, mitochondrial decline, muscle loss, and stress, Weiss said.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 11 Dec. 2025
What were the forces that work on their lives, on a societal scale.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
All of this, moreover, is undoubtedly being watched in Moscow, where Russian officials are drawing their own conclusions about whether Europe will eventually be able to truly muster the forces to present a serious direct challenge to their neo-imperial ambitions.
—Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Healthy habits, like those in the centenarian survey, can bolster longevity by reducing the forces that age us, such as chronic inflammation, blood vessel damage, mitochondrial decline, muscle loss, and stress, Weiss said.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 11 Dec. 2025
What were the forces that work on their lives, on a societal scale.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
All of this, moreover, is undoubtedly being watched in Moscow, where Russian officials are drawing their own conclusions about whether Europe will eventually be able to truly muster the forces to present a serious direct challenge to their neo-imperial ambitions.
—Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the forces
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