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noun

plural of troop
as in soldiers
the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation the troops overseas are grateful for the support of so many at home

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troops

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verb

present tense third-person singular of troop
as in marches

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Recent Examples of troops
Noun
At the time, the Department of Justice argued that the president could sidestep the Insurrection Act to send armed troops into American streets over the objection of local leaders. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 Trump is presumably referring to the deployment of NATO troops to the Nordic island in January following tense discussions with European members over Greenland's future. — Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026 Yet American troops fought side by side with French soldiers in Afghanistan, and behind the scenes, the intelligence services shared information and even cooperated in the shadows. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Then there is the fate of the incumbent, who fled Tibet’s capital Lhasa for India in 1959 just days before red Chinese troops bombarded the sloping granite walls of his Potala Palace home. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026 Washington understood that a tipping point was being reached and that the innate beauty contained within the Declaration’s ethos was what would irrevocably galvanize the troops. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026 Defense officials want containerized laser weapons that troops can deploy quickly across different environments. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026 Although plans to send troops to other cities were blocked by the courts, Tennessee National Guard troops have been serving in Memphis as part of the task force since last fall. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 Currently, more than 4,000 National Guard troops remain deployed in the District. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troops
  1. soldiers
  2. marches
  3. military
  4. strides
  5. parades
  6. paces
  7. pads
Noun
  • In a victory march across the makeshift bridge, the soldiers transported 140 Carthaginian elephants from Sicily to Rome’s Circus Maximus, according to the first-century historian Pliny the Elder.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • All the gold is gone, and there’s barely enough to pay her soldiers, let alone throw a lavish coronation.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of soldiers
Verb
  • The battles continue as House of the Dragon marches through its third season.
    — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • The tower’s top is wrapped in blocky text — an excerpt from a 2015 speech that Obama gave to mark the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches that Obama has described as one of his most meaningful.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Definition of marches
Noun
  • The display will be part of Freedom 250's Salute to America Celebration, which the group said will also include military flyovers and a huge military ensemble.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • In the 1980s, Hollywood started collaborating with the Department of Defense on films that would paint a more triumphant, patriotic portrait military compared to the critical movies made in the shadow of the Vietnam War.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of military
Verb
  • Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Your father strides into the dining room, harried, shiny black hair parted to one side, his fingers buttoning the cuffs of his starched white collared shirt.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Definition of strides
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers insulted their Catholic paying customers by honoring a drag group that parades around as nuns and mocks their religion.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Her ex-husband parades their six-year-old daughter, Sofia, in front of the cameras and demands full custody.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of parades
Verb
  • His dad paces in the background.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • The dog paces to and fro, hackles bristling, snapping at the empty air, its head turning one way, then the other, as if aware of invisible foes in the valley around them.
    — Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Definition of paces
Verb
  • In other words, the additional money that our companies are shelling out to cover higher memory costs ultimately pads these three companies’ bottom lines.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 June 2026
  • Adding the killer’s voice just pads an already too-long book.
    — Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Definition of pads

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