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a large body of men and women organized for land warfare
the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously
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Recent Examples of battalions
The future belongs to a smaller pool of elite innovators — not vast back-office battalions.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
For some battalions, including Prickly’s, this represents a sea change.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
That would imply three missile-firing battalions and six to nine nuclear-capable ICBMs, such as the Hwasong-15 or Hwasong-18.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
While the arc of Agu’s transformation is tragic and the story of the civil war and its battalions of child soldiers is wide in scope, the power of the novel lies in its immersion.
—Katie Kitamura
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Massive snow clouds like battalions have smothered the sunlight.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The Biden administration sent more than 300 Bradleys to Ukraine, and the Ukrainians distributed them to at least six 31-vehicle battalions, including several with the 47th Mechanized Brigade.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
But Israel has refused to countenance any Hamas control in Gaza, while Hamas has shown little appetite for disbanding its battalions of armed fighters or sending its Gaza leaders into exile.
—Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Though the initiative would occur outside of the NATO format, one Western official pointed to NATO’s multinational battalions in the Baltic countries — which, unlike Ukraine, are members of the alliance — as a possible model.
—Samya Kullab and Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
For some battalions, including Prickly’s, this represents a sea change.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
That would imply three missile-firing battalions and six to nine nuclear-capable ICBMs, such as the Hwasong-15 or Hwasong-18.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
While the arc of Agu’s transformation is tragic and the story of the civil war and its battalions of child soldiers is wide in scope, the power of the novel lies in its immersion.
—Katie Kitamura
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Massive snow clouds like battalions have smothered the sunlight.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The Biden administration sent more than 300 Bradleys to Ukraine, and the Ukrainians distributed them to at least six 31-vehicle battalions, including several with the 47th Mechanized Brigade.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
But Israel has refused to countenance any Hamas control in Gaza, while Hamas has shown little appetite for disbanding its battalions of armed fighters or sending its Gaza leaders into exile.
—Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Though the initiative would occur outside of the NATO format, one Western official pointed to NATO’s multinational battalions in the Baltic countries — which, unlike Ukraine, are members of the alliance — as a possible model.
—Samya Kullab and Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalions
armies
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The initiative highlights how the war in Ukraine blurs the line between civilian tech and military hardware, as armies seek to field cost-effective solutions of industrial strain and battlefield urgency.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Recent history in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq suggests that insurgencies can wear down regular armies over time.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Battalions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalions. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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