nonmilitary

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Recent Examples of nonmilitary This Russian missile strike was the latest attack on nonmilitary areas within Ukraine. Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025 How did a nonmilitary crew capture and imprison a Xenomorph in the first place? 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 See All Example Sentences for nonmilitary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonmilitary
Adjective
  • As more service members reenter civilian life, cities may look to emulate the models of top performers.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • As of September 2024, Wisconsin had 17,946 federal civilian employees, not including uniformed military personnel or federal contractors.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 6 Nov. 2025.

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