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military

[mil-i-ter-ee] / ˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr i /


NOUN
armed force
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STRONGEST
noncombatants


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The planning comes as the Iranian military continues to tighten its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, attacking several commercial vessels on Saturday as it declared the waterway was being “strictly controlled” by Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Her former colleague Pete Hegseth, now secretary of defense, sold more than 300,000 copies of his last two books, both of which were military grievance memoirs.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

She moved to Los Angeles at age 5 from her native Peru to join parents who left after a military coup.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Anthropic has been used in high-level government and military work since 2024.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

In Saint Petersburg, it was Tsar Nicholas, a tall, stern military man with a fiery temper and an obsession for order.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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