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Recent Examples of armored
Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
Initially used for reconnaissance, drones now execute precision strikes, destroy armored vehicles, and provide real-time battlefield intelligence.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
While some Russian soldiers have crossed the river, the inability to transport armored units has severely limited their offensive capacity and prevented any operational breakthrough in the northeast.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
The money covered the cost of hauling dozens of tanks and armored vehicles by train and truck from military bases in Texas to the nation's capital.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Adjective
To achieve this force mix, the United States should remove the armored brigade combat team that has been rotating through eastern Europe since 2017, the European combat aviation brigade and artillery capabilities that have been deployed since 2018, and most short-range air defense units.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
Initially used for reconnaissance, drones now execute precision strikes, destroy armored vehicles, and provide real-time battlefield intelligence.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
While some Russian soldiers have crossed the river, the inability to transport armored units has severely limited their offensive capacity and prevented any operational breakthrough in the northeast.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
The money covered the cost of hauling dozens of tanks and armored vehicles by train and truck from military bases in Texas to the nation's capital.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armored
Verb
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This chic sculptural white bottle contains four different retinoids, including pure retinol, encapsulated retinol, granactive retinoid, and bio-seletinoid to provide a multi-pronged, multi-phase approach to firming, plumping, and clarifying all skin types.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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The blend of green and encapsulated flesh-tone pigments helps cancel out angry redness to leave behind a healthy glow.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Jennifer Kale is a witch who is very guarded and needs to learn how to trust people, and keeps getting tested on that over and over again throughout the show.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Our spirits remain guarded, but high, for this one; the Venice Film Festival crowd seemed to eat it up.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
3 Sep. 2024
Verb
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The second photo saw a smiling Gomez sitting on a picnic blanket as food from Taco Bell surrounded her.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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His family said in an obituary that Meek died surrounded by family and friends.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The tortoises live in a sheltered habitat ringed by barbed wire and draped in netting.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2024
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The most popular activity in Crater Lake National Park is going on the Rim Drive around the lake and snapping photos of the bright-blue waters ringed by jagged volcanic formations.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armored. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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