as in warrior
a person engaged in military service
one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed
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Recent Examples of soldier
The bite marks seem to confirm that the skeletons buried at the cemetery were gladiators — and not soldiers or slaves, as previously thought, according to Malin Holst, lecturer in osteoarchaeology at the University of York’s Department of Archaeology.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
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What score do soldiers need to receive to pass the test?
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Just why the soldiers targeted Horman and Teruggi remains a mystery; Dinges suggests, in his sensitive portraits of the two committed partisans, that their deep involvement with left-wing politics in Chile may have put them at risk.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Video shared on social media shows one soldier donning an Arizona Wildcat flag descending rapidly before rolling over upon impact.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
More news: How Netflix's Oklahoma City bombing documentary spotlights resiliency amid tragedy
What score do soldiers need to receive to pass the test?
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Just why the soldiers targeted Horman and Teruggi remains a mystery; Dinges suggests, in his sensitive portraits of the two committed partisans, that their deep involvement with left-wing politics in Chile may have put them at risk.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Video shared on social media shows one soldier donning an Arizona Wildcat flag descending rapidly before rolling over upon impact.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soldier
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Fans of horror, science fiction, fantasy, romance and young adult novels will feel right at home, surrounded by book covers illustrating warriors, dragons, monsters and magical lands.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Apr. 2025
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Users can personalize the prompt by describing features, aesthetic or desired theme—such as space explorer, fantasy warrior or tech ninja.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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The two fought on competing networks (Stevenson only wanted to fight on Showtime; Kovalev was an HBO fighter), and no deal could ever be made.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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As public anger over the clip grew, fighters in armored vehicles amassed overnight outside Jaramana and began shelling the city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring group based in Britain.—
Euan Ward,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Soldier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soldier. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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