militate

Example Sentences

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What if U.S. domestic concerns militate in favor of amending the legal structures of those countries?

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

"And it's ridiculous that he wants to call E. Jean a liar when the facts militate toward the truth, which is what she said happened."

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2023

Meyer noted that if he were a chief security officer of a company with ties to Ukraine, “I would militate rather strongly to unwind my exposure.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2022

Ben Sulaymen has consulted with all the team bosses to seek their views on what went wrong in Abu Dhabi and what changes could be made to militate against a repeat.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2022

Examples include the rules that govern punctuation, complex forms of agreement, and fine semantic distinctions between uncommon words like militate and mitigate and credible and credulous.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker