as in battalion
a group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers
Local militia were an important part of American forces during the Revolutionary War.
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Recent Examples of militia
Iran has insisted that any deal to end the war must also end fighting in Lebanon between its ally militia Hezbollah and Israel.
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
As the International Monetary Fund’s representative in Tajikistan in the 1990s, Gilmore hunkered down in his office for three days as a militia advanced on the capital city of Dushanbe.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
As the International Monetary Fund’s representative in Tajikistan in the 1990s, Gilmore hunkered down in his office for three days as a militia advanced on the capital city of Dushanbe.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
The countries affected in 2014 — Guinea and, later, Liberia and Sierra Leone — were safer for international health workers to operate in than the outbreak zone in the DRC, where over 120 armed militias operate in the Ituri province alone.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 9 June 2026
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
As the International Monetary Fund’s representative in Tajikistan in the 1990s, Gilmore hunkered down in his office for three days as a militia advanced on the capital city of Dushanbe.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
As the International Monetary Fund’s representative in Tajikistan in the 1990s, Gilmore hunkered down in his office for three days as a militia advanced on the capital city of Dushanbe.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
The countries affected in 2014 — Guinea and, later, Liberia and Sierra Leone — were safer for international health workers to operate in than the outbreak zone in the DRC, where over 120 armed militias operate in the Ituri province alone.
—Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militia
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Some civilians joined volunteer battalions or were drafted to join the military, while others contributed in different ways, from intelligence gathering and crowd-sourcing funding to food and medical distribution networks and critical infrastructure repair.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Patterson, a former Charlotte Fire Department battalion chief, had a pending, seven-year-old lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against the city until the week before his wife, Estella Patterson, became chief of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in October.—
Julia Coin
June 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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The Great Hall at the CBS Philadelphia studios was buzzing all day as an army of volunteers took donations and honored the memory of Alex Scott, the little girl who started it all.—
CBS News Philadelphia Staff,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The route then reaches Mount Tabor, where the prophetess Deborah sang her song of victory, and continues to Megiddo, the site of numerous battles involving the armies of Israel and invading forces throughout biblical history, before ending in Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war, according to some Western intelligence reports, and hundreds of thousands more have left the country to avoid being drafted.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Also, 30 Israeli soldiers and a defense contractor have been killed in or near southern Lebanon, and two civilians have been killed in northern Israel, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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Hezbollah has been using fiber-optic drones since the start of the latest war, inflicting casualties among Israeli troops.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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Once composed of 50,000 personnel, KFOR has been routinely scaled back over the years as tensions eased, although 1,000 additional troops were deployed there in 2023, after fresh violence erupted.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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“Militia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militia. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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