armament

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Recent Examples of armament The new armament features a Kinsect that harvest extract as players attack. Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026 The images, however, highlight the vast gulf between the United States’ advanced military armament and Cuba’s old Soviet technology. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026 For 35 years Brazilian political elites have viewed nuclear armament as both unnecessary and counterproductive, given Brazil’s peaceful foreign policy, emphasis on multilateralism, and the Tlatelolco Treaty making Latin America a nuclear-weapons-free zone. Oliver Stuenkel, Time, 9 Jan. 2026 Trump recently announced a multibillion-dollar deal to send to Taiwan a massive armament package, including high-mobility artillery rocket systems, howitzers and drones. Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for armament
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Noun
  • Key elements in the talks are for Iran to agree not to develop nuclear weapons and to allow commercial traffic through the strait and reopen the strait to commercial traffic.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • Five guys armed with automatic weapons ask him to step out of his truck.
    Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • When Yoon was in office, Kim was embroiled in a series of scandals that hurt her husband’s approval rating and provided relentless political ammunition to his rivals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • When Yoon was in office, Kim was embroiled in scandals that hurt her husband’s approval rating and provided political ammunition to his rivals.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The concept of dazzle camouflage as a potential solution brought together research on vision, color theory, and weaponry and military strategy.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
  • This year’s event – the fifth since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – will take place without heavy weaponry, such as armor and missiles.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Cornwallis laid down his arms in October, 1781.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Since Pennywise needed to be physically active, Sequeira introduced an underlying stretch component so Skarsgård could extend his arms and perform extreme poses.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 May 2026

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“Armament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armament. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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