How to Use Pentagon in a Sentence
Pentagon
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At the south pole, five storms formed a pentagon around a central tempest.
—Amina Khan, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
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But the pentagon shape of the burner looks sharp in overhead photos.
—Bee Wilson, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
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Last week, a Pentagon official said the two sides were no longer in active talks.
—Jack Queen, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
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Painter noted that there have been concerns about Pentagon contracts for decades.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
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Those who fail to abide by the rule could be suspended or have their Pentagon access revoked.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
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The mammoth defense bill spells out Pentagon policy in the months and years ahead.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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Instead of your standard rectangle, the newest styles come in ovals, squares, and even a pentagon.
—Lindsay Peoples Wagner, The Cut, 7 Mar. 2018
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Some old-school Pentagon courage is exactly what’s needed right now, and in no short order.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
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Trump and top Pentagon officials warned the toll is expected to rise.
—Steven Beynon, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Outlets that refused to abide by the rules lost their Pentagon credentials.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025
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Failure to sign up for the rules could result in a suspension of Pentagon access.
—Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
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And Republicans still don’t have a plan for how to fund a Pentagon whose resources are strained by war.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
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Did all the sensible Pentagon brass get fired for wearing dresses or something?
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
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Newsweek has reached out to the White House and Pentagon via email for comment on Sunday.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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Newsweek reached out to the White House and Pentagon for comment via email Wednesday night.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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Just about every Pentagon reporter refused to sign the new agreement to retain their press passes.
—Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
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But squash and stretch a pentagon into an irregular shape and tilings become possible.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2017
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Twenty years ago, a Pentagon analyst pleaded guilty to sharing secrets with the group.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
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Soon, what was only dreamed of by Pentagon leaders 15 years ago will be their reality.
—Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Each of the shafts opened to a trident shape at the top, according to a June 26 Pentagon briefing.
—Samuel Granados, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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Afterward, Pentagon officials said, more than a million unique users signed on to the platform.
—Erik German, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
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This is the story of Cukor’s private war against a stodgy Pentagon bureaucracy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
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The current Pentagon press corps is made up of conservative outlets that agreed to the policy.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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Sides denote privilege, with hexagons trumping pentagons, for instance.
—John J. Miller, WSJ, 8 June 2018
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Pentagon reporters are continuing to find ways to get around the propaganda.
—Kathy Kiely, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
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Most credible media groups refused to sign his pledge and have been denied Pentagon press credentials.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Pentagon officials have also been warning — in leaks to the media — of their lack of munitions and resources for a large-scale campaign.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
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The black and white pentagon panels of that product, the Telstar Elust, became synonymous with the sport.
—Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 21 May 2018
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Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the move to Newsweek.
—Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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Yet its budget was over $400 billion last year, which was nearly half the baseline Pentagon budget.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2026
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