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.

Examples of the Pentagon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In March, the Pentagon reportedly began shipping Patriot and THAAD components from South Korea to the Middle East to support the Iran war. — Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

In March, Anthropic was banned by the Pentagon after discussions about how the military could use its AI models spiraled out of control. — Ashley Capoot,jordan Novet,annie Palmer,lora Kolodny,kai Nicol-Schwarz,caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon spawned a wave of anti-Muslim harassment and hate crimes. — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Through the Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network, an existing program folded into FORTRESS, the Pentagon plans to identify commercial factories that could switch to defense production in a crisis. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

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