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noun

as in troops
the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation some would insist that the military's budget is still inadequate

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Recent Examples of military
Adjective
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene his high-level security cabinet on Thursday to discuss expanding the war against Hamas, including the potential full military occupation of the Gaza Strip. Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025 In the video, a man wearing a skull mask and military goggles mounts a camera to his chest and displays his artillery. Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
Gaza City is in the north of the 26-mile coastal enclave and has been largely devastated by Israeli military strikes over the past 22 months. Sonam Sheth robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025 The unseen is how the U.S. military would have evolved more broadly absent the walking, talking government subsidy that is the U.S. tax code. John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for military
Recent Examples of Synonyms for military
Adjective
  • What is his common sense, after all, next to the cosmopolitan genius of Jefferson, or the martial courage of Washington?
    Matthew Redmond August 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Adults and youngsters were also invited to participate in an interactive exercise with the martial artists.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Rivera Lynch, who was born in Milwaukee, lived with his dad in Middleburg, Fla., where the father is a command information system security manager at the nearby naval air base.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Since December, Moscow has sought ties with the new government in a bid to preserve its strategic military bases there, especially the Tartus naval base.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • When Jordan sealed its border in 2016 after an ISIS attack killed six Jordanian soldiers, most of the Syrian civilians were trapped — unable to move forward or go back through roads controlled by the Syrian regime or even move through a desert laid with land mines.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • American, British and other Allied soldiers were much more likely to improvise and continue fighting after officers went down.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Military service offers both personal growth and long-term career stability, allowing individuals to serve their country while preparing for a successful post-service career.
    True Tamplin, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Does your company take steps to anonymize user data when it is used for its own purposes, shared with service providers, or shared with non-service provider third parties?
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2023

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“Military.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/military. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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