as in corps
a military unit that is usually made of several large groups of soldiers (called battalions)
infantry/cavalry regiments
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Recent Examples of regiment
Former member of Australia's elite Special Air Service regiment Ben Roberts-Smith leaves the Federal Court in Sydney on May 1, 2025.
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CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Stubby became the regiment’s mascot and protector.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
Smaller monuments for individual Iowa regiments dot every corner of the field.
—Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
The poem was set to music and became a beloved song among British WWI troops and Tommy's regiment.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Stubby became the regiment’s mascot and protector.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
Smaller monuments for individual Iowa regiments dot every corner of the field.
—Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
The poem was set to music and became a beloved song among British WWI troops and Tommy's regiment.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regiment
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Leo’s January 9 address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See focused on global chaos the Vatican saw as American-made.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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That Stribling could play a key role in a wide receiver corps that over the years has been shorn of Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and Jauan Jennings.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
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Tiki, brought home by our troops, is a uniquely American style of decadence.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Under the War Power Act, a president must receive congressional approval by day 60 of a war or begin removing troops.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
2 May 2026
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The wings on either side of the knot are what came before and what came after, models for what Jefferson wrote and imitations of it.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Guests brought to life looks that referenced papal garments and displayed biblical artifacts like crosses, angel wings and halos.—
Luis Giraldo,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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In 1984, Monsanto and six other chemical companies agreed to pay a $180 million settlement to Vietnam veterans who were exposed to the chemical herbicide Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Turner also oversaw the purchase of two motion-picture production companies, New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment, in 1993.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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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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“Regiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regiment. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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