servicemen

plural of serviceman

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of servicemen It's cost American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars and the lives of 18 servicemen. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 According to the Corps, an estimated 600 Azov brigade servicemen are among the thousands still in Russian captivity. ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 The wreckage of the plane and 10 of the servicemen were never found. Hope McKenney, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 At least two British servicemen, the late Capt. Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 Rivers’ goal is to regenerate the psychic nerves of these shattered servicemen. The Know, Denver Post, 7 June 2026 Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets. Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 Her husband of 21 years is buried at the cemetery among more than 82,000 servicemen and women—many who served and never came home. Noel Brennan, CBS News, 25 May 2026 Later, servicemen returning from the South Pacific (and the musical of the same name) added to the nostalgic view. Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servicemen
Noun
  • Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which traces its roots to 1954, involved around 18,000 Korean troops and an undisclosed number of American soldiers this year.
    Lisa Kim, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The good news is the world has not seen a successful military coup since November of last year, when soldiers deposed the president of Guinea-Bissau on the coast of West Africa.
    Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Protective, almost — which makes sense, as its stunning chandeliers are designed to look like the shields and spears of African Masai warriors.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In ancient legend, 300 Spartan warriors held the narrow pass at Thermopylae against a vast, overwhelming force, relying on a critical bottleneck to offset impossible odds.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Servicemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servicemen. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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