the military
noun
: the armed forces
He has had a long career in the military.
The policy is opposed by the military.
Examples of the military in a Sentence
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That includes the King as patron of the Royal British Legion, a charity supporting the military, which his mother supported from 1952 to 2022.
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Mallory Moench, TIME, 4 May 2024
He is also associated, rightly or wrongly, with authority, with law and order, with the police and the military and the working-class elements in American society.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 May 2024
Across the military, the armed services have been struggling to meet enlistment goals, with most falling far short of their targets in recent years.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 3 May 2024
Pentagon officials even floated an idea to close the Uniform Services University, the military's medical school, which trains-up military doctors and preserves medical advances, like those made during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 May 2024
Washington suspended some defence assistance to Somalia in 2017 after the military was unable to account for food and fuel.
—Reuters, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
In the past, the courts have justified direct military takeovers and helped topple the governments of political leaders who had fallen foul of the military high command.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
Islamabad’s obsession with security stifles the possibility that the country could gain economically from its location on the crossroads between Asia and the Middle East and from its large workforce, and gives the military unaccountable power to undermine democracy.
—Feroz Hassan Khan, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
But no criminal charges were brought against the soldiers because, the military said at the time, no causal link was found between Mr. Assad’s death and the failures of the soldiers’ conduct.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Mallory Moench, TIME, 4 May 2024
He is also associated, rightly or wrongly, with authority, with law and order, with the police and the military and the working-class elements in American society.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 May 2024
Across the military, the armed services have been struggling to meet enlistment goals, with most falling far short of their targets in recent years.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 3 May 2024
Pentagon officials even floated an idea to close the Uniform Services University, the military's medical school, which trains-up military doctors and preserves medical advances, like those made during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 May 2024
Washington suspended some defence assistance to Somalia in 2017 after the military was unable to account for food and fuel.
—Reuters, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
In the past, the courts have justified direct military takeovers and helped topple the governments of political leaders who had fallen foul of the military high command.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
Islamabad’s obsession with security stifles the possibility that the country could gain economically from its location on the crossroads between Asia and the Middle East and from its large workforce, and gives the military unaccountable power to undermine democracy.
—Feroz Hassan Khan, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
But no criminal charges were brought against the soldiers because, the military said at the time, no causal link was found between Mr. Assad’s death and the failures of the soldiers’ conduct.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
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“The military.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20military. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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