the forces

plural noun

British

: the military organizations (such as the army, navy, and air force) of a country : armed forces

Will the new defense policy weaken the forces?

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Apart from a glancing reference to Charlemagne, the forces of Europe are not personified in the poem. —

Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024 Fennell is both writing and directing the adaptation of the book, which is a Gothic romance set in the wild countryside of Yorkshire of the naive, innocent Cathy, the dangerous and mysterious Heathcliff, and the forces and class divides that threaten to tear them apart. —

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024 The situation worsened as Israel’s Lebanon offensive degraded Hezbollah, which was, after all, one of the forces Moscow relied on to sustain the status quo in Syria. —

Nicole Grajewski, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024 On the sunny side of Earth, the forces are in opposite directions. —

Rhett Allain, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the forces