How to Use the military in a Sentence

the military

noun
  • The program aims to get drones to the military at speed.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • What’s left to debate is how large the military should be.
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But before the war, I was not involved with the military at all.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Steve Woodhall was in the military when Hunter was born.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Ukraine shot down 63 of the drones and another 46 failed to strike a target, the military said.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The cars then left the warehouse — three cars went south and one went north, the military officials said.
    Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • And so, this is not a case that joining the military turns you into a mass shooter.
    Stephen Stock, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • As of Thursday night, the military has not officially released the names of the Marines who died in the crash.
    Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Spokane agreement has the military on a seven-year payment plan, St. John said.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • In my case, many of those lessons have come from the military leaders I was honored to serve alongside.
    Mike Ott, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • And the military has been such a big part of my life for so long — 17 and a half years, and now to go back into the military and work with those folks again.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 31 July 2023
  • Despite the eye damage, both men served in the military after high school.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In 2000, Wilcox left the military and took his computer skills to the private sector.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Members of the military marched with pride, joined by dancers, bands and children waving flags.
    Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
  • In the United States, the military is voluntary and men must register for the draft.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
  • But there might be a way around the restriction, if the facility was run by the military.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • None of the men in uniform today has ever served in the military, but many of their relatives have.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Diaz, 62, joined the office after serving in the military police and rose through the ranks over 27 years.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • My father, brother, myself, and my son have all served in the military during times of war.
    Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024
  • But the military acknowledges there have been few gains.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Image The lawyers representing the military and the police denied the claims of abuse and failure to enforce the law.
    Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • Dae-ho served in the military like Jung-bae, but the gunfire rattles him immensely.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024
  • According to the military, the new crossing is located west of the Erez crossing, closer to the seashore.
    Abc News, ABC News, 12 May 2024
  • Here’s the short list: Members of the military who served or are currently serving in a combat zone.
    John F. Wasik, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Women have been driving vehicles in the military since the first World War.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
  • First the military must hire a commercial ship in the Black Sea to host the equipment, which will have to be temporarily welded to the ship’s deck.
    Jason Sherman, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2023
  • His stepfather was a police officer and served in the U.S. Marines and his mother served in the military.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • That’s a thing the military taught about how to understand an amorphous problem state.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • And yet, Pinkley is the guy that the group’s leader picks to impersonate a General to fool the military brass.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
  • Hegseth also faced an early grilling from Democratic senators about his past comments on the role of women and other groups in the military.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025

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