lieutenant general
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a major general and whose insignia is three stars
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The retired lieutenant general said that Iran’s development and acquisition of a nuclear weapon would be the most destabilizing event for the Middle East.
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Chris Massaro, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Self also retired from the Army with the rank of lieutenant general.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Jan. 2025
Trump has promised to end the war within a day of returning to the White House, and last week tapped Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who served as chief of staff on Trump’s National Security Council, to lead that effort.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 29 Nov. 2024
In the first, federal authorities arrested a lieutenant general in the Chinese military for selling hundreds of positions in the armed forces, sometimes for extraordinary sums; the price to become a major general, for example, reached $4.8 million.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014
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Chris Massaro, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Self also retired from the Army with the rank of lieutenant general.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Jan. 2025
Trump has promised to end the war within a day of returning to the White House, and last week tapped Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who served as chief of staff on Trump’s National Security Council, to lead that effort.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 29 Nov. 2024
In the first, federal authorities arrested a lieutenant general in the Chinese military for selling hundreds of positions in the armed forces, sometimes for extraordinary sums; the price to become a major general, for example, reached $4.8 million.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014
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“Lieutenant general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20general. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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