nonmilitary
adjective
non·mil·i·tary
ˌnän-ˈmi-lə-ˌter-ē 
: not military
nonmilitary personnel
a nonmilitary approach to international relations
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Already a large number of nonmilitary NATO personnel have arrived in all three Baltic capitals and turned them into battlegrounds of espionage and diplomacy, resembling Berlin or Vienna during the Cold War.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
By the evening of Friday, Jan. 24, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had issued a directive that went even further, effectively freezing operations at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government's lead provider of nonmilitary foreign aid.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 Feb. 2025
The successful reunification of Germany, in 1990, another country divided by terms of peace, demonstrates that focusing on nonmilitary elements of the contestation can produce results.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2023
The mention of coercion, believed to be a first, refers to China’s use of nonmilitary means to pressure Taiwan, such as cyberattacks and trade restrictions.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
By the evening of Friday, Jan. 24, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had issued a directive that went even further, effectively freezing operations at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government's lead provider of nonmilitary foreign aid.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 Feb. 2025
The successful reunification of Germany, in 1990, another country divided by terms of peace, demonstrates that focusing on nonmilitary elements of the contestation can produce results.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2023
The mention of coercion, believed to be a first, refers to China’s use of nonmilitary means to pressure Taiwan, such as cyberattacks and trade restrictions.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Nonmilitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonmilitary. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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