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

Marc Andreessen, whose venture firm Andreessen Horowitz pours billions into defense tech firms, including Anduril, was named to the Pentagon's defense policy board this summer, alongside Thiel Capital's Blake Masters. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Earlier this year, the Pentagon severed long-standing ties with prestigious universities that had been a pipeline for military leadership, forging new relationships with Christian schools and public universities. — Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

At least a dozen planes, including B-1 bombers, were redeployed to the United States from Royal Air Force Fairford, according to the Pentagon, which did not specify when or why the planes departed. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Reports stated that the Pentagon ordered the move at an operational military level rather than through a political decision. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

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