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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One big advantage of this tool is that the mathematical operations describing the forces between particles can be visualized as diagrams.
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Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Reviewing pages have been thinned by the forces of history and technology; few Pynchon skeptics anymore bother to take the time to read the novels and register their objections.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Right now, the forces driving those shifts appear to be macroeconomic rather than technological.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
The McCarthy Era ended when Americans from across the political spectrum finally came together and stood up for the principles in the Constitution against the forces of repression.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
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Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Reviewing pages have been thinned by the forces of history and technology; few Pynchon skeptics anymore bother to take the time to read the novels and register their objections.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Right now, the forces driving those shifts appear to be macroeconomic rather than technological.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
The McCarthy Era ended when Americans from across the political spectrum finally came together and stood up for the principles in the Constitution against the forces of repression.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the forces
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“The forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20forces. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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