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
Here are five takeaways from the game itself and the spring practice regiment as a whole.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Although his son isn’t a part of the regiment anymore, Graves said, he’s turned some of his experience into a career.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
The charges follow a military report released in 2020 that found evidence elite SAS and commando regiment troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and other noncombatants.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Former member of Australia's elite Special Air Service regiment Ben Roberts-Smith leaves the Federal Court in Sydney on May 1, 2025.
—CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Although his son isn’t a part of the regiment anymore, Graves said, he’s turned some of his experience into a career.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
The charges follow a military report released in 2020 that found evidence elite SAS and commando regiment troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and other noncombatants.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Former member of Australia's elite Special Air Service regiment Ben Roberts-Smith leaves the Federal Court in Sydney on May 1, 2025.
—CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regiment
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Prominently, Laviolette’s teams have featured defensemen who liberally join the rush and get involved in five-man cycles, concepts that were largely foreign to the Kings’ corps last season.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
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Rather than remain idle, the conservation corps shifted its efforts elsewhere, traveling south to assist with wildfire mitigation projects near Colorado's Great Sand Dunes.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The militant group Hezbollah said in statements that its fighters carried out several attacks Saturday including one in the morning that targeted Israeli troops on the edge of Kfar Tebnit with two drones.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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Russia is also currently bogged down in the war on Ukraine and struggling to recruit enough troops.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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In her campaign to be LA’s next mayor, Raman launched a progressive, left-wing bid to oust Bass from within the Democratic Party.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2026
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Instead of looking like a traditional tube-and-wing airliner, the aircraft has a much wider, flatter shape.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
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According to the editors, both of these books embody the company’s ethos by modeling formal ambition, emotional depth, and a willingness to engage difficult questions.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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That’s because with the first 2026 FIFA World Cup game in Miami approaching, FIFA prohibits stadiums from being named for companies that aren’t official FIFA sponsors.—
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Some civilians joined volunteer battalions or were drafted to join the military, while others contributed in different ways, from intelligence gathering and crowd-sourcing funding to food and medical distribution networks and critical infrastructure repair.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Patterson, a former Charlotte Fire Department battalion chief, had a pending, seven-year-old lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against the city until the week before his wife, Estella Patterson, became chief of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in October.—
Julia Coin
June 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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“Regiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regiment. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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