military academy

NOUN

military school

Synonyms

STRONGEST

naval academy

WEAK

general staff school military college officer candidate school service academy service school

Example Sentences

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Culver City’s founder, Harry Culver, set up a military academy on five acres there in the 1920s; 40 years later it was housing tracts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

But the former military academy student has long shown a fascination for martial trappings, often surrounding himself with soldiers and visiting military sites.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

He joined the military in 1999, enrolled at the UK's elite Sandhurst military academy and graduated the following year.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

At the time, Stanstead was a military academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

She suspected that he’d had a crush on her ever since they rescued him and his big sister Bianca from that military academy in Maine; but Annabeth had never felt any attraction to Nico.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan