infantry

as in army
the part of an army that has soldiers who fight on foot He joined the infantry after leaving school. The infantry is coming.

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Recent Examples of infantry Dan Fisher served in Afghanistan as an infantry officer and, later, as Deputy Director of the Lessons Learned Program at the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Dan Fisher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 The system links to cameras and sensors on tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, projecting a 360-degree view through a transparent heads-up display. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025 The career infantry officer has commanded at every level from platoon to battalion. Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025 The Army’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team was created in 2016 when the service added more than 200 vehicles to an infantry unit of roughly 4,200 soldiers. Russ Bynum, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for infantry
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Noun
  • The clip also gives fans a first look at an army being formed by Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu), while the rest of the trailer offers a glimpse of an all-out war — with Geralt wielding his sword, chopping off hands and dropping f-bombs in the process.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The trailer shows Hemsworth’s Geralt assembling an army of adventurers to track down his former Witcher apprentice Ciri (Freya Allan).
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Tambov, Krasnodar, Kurgan and Altai regions, and the republic of Tatarstan, also announced significant increases in the payments, which come on top of the monthly salary for contract soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • On his journey, Geralt slices up several soldiers, a giant, ogre-like creature and a ghostly wraith.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries have emerged as central figures in the standoff, drawing praise even from critics within their own ranks.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement While many Republicans view the ACA subsidies as a temporary pandemic-era measure that should now lapse, a handful of GOP moderates in Congress have broken ranks.
    Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, during World War II was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and led the troops who delivered the continent from fascism.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • On Monday Illinois filed a lawsuit trying to stop the administration deploying National Guard troops to Chicago.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Her commander called her the best battalion officer in the brigade.
    Arman Khan, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
  • The future belongs to a smaller pool of elite innovators — not vast back-office battalions.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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