the forces

plural noun

British
: the military organizations (such as the army, navy, and air force) of a country : armed forces
Will the new defense policy weaken the forces?

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Away from the office, the forces that knuckle you under are far more nebulous. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025 America is once again standing strong against the forces of radical Islamic terrorism. Time Staff, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025 The bonding is accomplished by the forces of attraction between molecules, a phenomenon known as intermolecular bonding. IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025 Instead of existing in a single place, subject to the forces of nature or politics, bitcoin exists in the form of identical data stored in the computer memory across hundreds of thousands of computers spread out all around the planet—and even in space. Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the forces

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