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Recent Examples of nonmilitary
How did a nonmilitary crew capture and imprison a Xenomorph in the first place?
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Details about the vehicle or person, described as a nonmilitary civilian, were not released.
—Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
There were 23,800 nonmilitary federal workers in San Diego County in May, down 800 positions in a year.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Only nonmilitary solutions can address the underlying causes that fuel extremism.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Details about the vehicle or person, described as a nonmilitary civilian, were not released.
—Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
There were 23,800 nonmilitary federal workers in San Diego County in May, down 800 positions in a year.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Only nonmilitary solutions can address the underlying causes that fuel extremism.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonmilitary
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These fires led to an average of 470 civilian deaths (18 percent of all home fire deaths) and 4,150 civilian injuries (42 percent of all reported home fire injuries) per year, according to the NFPA.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Sanctions have long been billed by the West as a humane tool in the foreign policy and diplomatic arsenal, often described by proponents as being surgical and precise, targeting governments and leaders with minimal civilian impact.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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The criminal operations have gone largely unchallenged in Cambodia due to the complete dismantling in recent years of the country’s civil society and independent media.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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From their point of view, there will be a local council that will get a lot of money from international donors, but, behind the scenes, Hamas, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, will be able to continue to preserve its military and political and civil power.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Nonmilitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmilitary. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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