as in battalion
a group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers
Local militia were an important part of American forces during the Revolutionary War.
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Recent Examples of militia
The ideology of the organization closely aligns with the militia movement that spawned it in the early 2000s.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
During the rush, under California’s first governor, the state legislature funded local militias that systematically killed sixteen thousand Native Americans, opening the territory for white settlers.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Enhancing the state militia through college volunteer programs.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Tapasco 60 Minutes Tapaso moved to the farm in the 1990s to escape violence by right-wing militias in eastern Colombia, not realizing the left-wing FARC was active around her new home.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
During the rush, under California’s first governor, the state legislature funded local militias that systematically killed sixteen thousand Native Americans, opening the territory for white settlers.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Enhancing the state militia through college volunteer programs.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Tapasco 60 Minutes Tapaso moved to the farm in the 1990s to escape violence by right-wing militias in eastern Colombia, not realizing the left-wing FARC was active around her new home.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militia
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On March 30, soldiers from the battalion detained a CNN team covering settler violence in the village of Tayasir in the West Bank.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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The military site at Kapciamiestis covering some 14,600 hectares will allow battalion and brigade-size drills on the ground at a critical land link used by the alliance to send reinforcements to its eastern flank.—
Milda Seputyte,
Bloomberg,
23 Apr. 2026
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This man who had overseen the protection of national artworks from the advancing German army—this man wept like a child on the floor and begged his mistress not to abandon him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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Since seizing power in a 2022 coup, Burkina Faso’s junta has cracked down on political dissent and journalists, shutting down independent media outlets and forcibly conscripting dissidents into the army to fight Islamic militants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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The parade featured a flyover by fighter planes above the Kremlin, and soldiers marched on the Red Square, in front of Lenin’s mausoleum.—
Zahra Ullah,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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The Israeli military said Hezbollah fired attack drones into Israel near the border with Lebanon, and three soldiers were wounded, one seriously, in one of the attacks.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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German troops entered Vienna on March 12, 1938, five months after Heidi was born; within a day, the city had been draped in swastikas.—
Nicholas Dawidoff,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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Moscow's troops have been fighting in Ukraine for well over four years - longer than the Soviet involvement, from 1941-45, in what Russians refer to as the Great Patriotic War.—
Guy Faulconbridge,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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“Militia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militia. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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