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national guard

noun

Definition of national guard

as in standing army

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Recent Examples of national guard Our national guard members and permanent residents. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026 Staff have been directed to develop clear protocols for alerting the public of ICE activity or a national guard presence within city limits. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026 Andrea Tsuchiya, a state national guard public affairs officer, said in a statement. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026 Invoking the law would give Trump the power to deploy military or national guard troops to suppress the demonstrations. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for national guard

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Noun

Many Americans feared and distrusted the idea of a standing army into the first half of the nineteenth century.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2026
Finland became a full member of NATO in April 2023, adding Finland’s standing army of nearly 280,000 (with a reserve of 900,000) to guard its 830-mile (1,340-km) border with Russia.

— L. Sue Baugh, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026

Definition of standing army

Noun

Unfortunately, because the militias are extremely willing to use force against their own people, including against security forces, the government finds itself in a position of backing down in the face of these militias.

— Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
One member of the self-defense militia had accidentally shot himself in the foot.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of militia

Noun

Nor could Grossman write about collaborators or the punishment battalions composed of convicts that were used as cannon fodder (one of many parallels between the conduct of the Soviet army and the present-day Russian military in Ukraine).

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Adam Yacenda, lifeguard battalion chief for the fire department in Newport Beach, a coastal city around 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles, said the beach’s lifeguards carried out 177 rescues Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of battalion

Noun

In other places such as Libya and Somalia, Washington supported the national armies and local militias battling jihadi forces and engaged in whack-a-mole with jihadi leaders.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
Nor could Grossman write about collaborators or the punishment battalions composed of convicts that were used as cannon fodder (one of many parallels between the conduct of the Soviet army and the present-day Russian military in Ukraine).

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

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