How to Use military-industrial complex in a Sentence
military-industrial complex
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The 20-year conflict was a boon to the military-industrial complex, at the cost of untold lives.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Aug. 2021
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King said that right-wing forces, the military-industrial complex and white racial backlash would challenge any progress made.
—Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018
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Was that an oblique swipe at the military-industrial complex that has made this country into a harbinger of death in the endless wars all over the globe in which it is embroiled?
—Jay Willis, GQ, 24 May 2018
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The military-industrial complex is not insurmountable, but real, so the contest cannot be won simply on the strength of ideas.
—Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2020
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Don’t expect his team to be taking on the military-industrial complex or taking up calls to slash funding for the Pentagon.
—Michelle Cottle, Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
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Defeat in Vietnam rattled the military-industrial complex that once had funded the space race.
—Kim Phillips-Fein, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2019
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Under his banner, Anduril is a venture capital-backed start-up that has proudly joined the ranks of the military-industrial complex.
—Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019
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Just so; Alex was a tortured idealist who turned down a fellowship that seemed to be tied to the military-industrial complex, and as a result he got drafted and had a wayward life of odd jobs, all beneath him.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 7 Apr. 2021
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To keep a close eye on the military-industrial complex, subscribe to the daily contract announcements issued by the Pentagon.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2019
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Unimaginable violence unleashed by the military-industrial complex in one of the poorest countries in the world.
—Ashfaq Taufique, al, 10 Sep. 2021
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Within fifteen years, even the former supreme commander of the Allied forces was warning against the military-industrial complex.
—Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
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The son of Mikhail Fradkov, a former prime minister and intelligence service chief, heads a private bank which is the staple of the military-industrial complex.
—The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
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The growth of the military-industrial complex against which Eisenhower warned seems to have promoted the use of militaristic prototypes to solve all kinds of domestic ills.
—Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
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Despite such infractions, the wheels of the military-industrial complex continue to turn.
—Lovely Umayam, The New Republic, 31 May 2018
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As many have pointed out in recent days, the war in Afghanistan has been a colossal boom time for the military-industrial complex, mostly at the expense of the military operation’s ostensible goals.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Aug. 2021
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How many humans are caught up as collateral damage in the military-industrial complex's march toward its goals?
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2022
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While the wealthy and powerful line their pockets with the profits from the military-industrial complex, everyday people are propelled into the bloodshed, seemingly fighting the elite’s war for them.
—Ava Johnson, Teen Vogue, 27 Jan. 2020
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In all these moves, Mr. Gorbachev met fierce internal resistance from the military and the military-industrial complex.
—David E. Hoffman, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
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The event is essentially fueled by defense contractors and mainstays of the military-industrial complex that pay big money for a table or a balcony box.
—Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
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In reality, the change flows in the other direction, as new recruits enter the warm embrace of the imperishable military-industrial complex, eager to learn its ways.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2024
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Now there are anecdotal reports — eagerly amplified by the White House — of the Russian military-industrial complex running short of parts.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
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Or the influence of the military-industrial complex and foreign lobbies in Washington?
—Anatol Lieven, Time, 8 Nov. 2022
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Even the textile industry owed its rapid growth indirectly to the military-industrial complex.
—Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2018
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Zelenskyy pledged to transform Ukraine’s military-industrial complex into one of the most advanced and turn Ukraine into a leading ‘green power’ economy.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
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Wang’s dismissal from the elite political body is the latest shakeup in China’s military-industrial complex.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
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Superheroes and villains are often tied to the military-industrial complex in some way, and the MCU has had massive success leaning into the militarization of these characters.
—Oliver Sava, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2021
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Maybe this is stark commentary on collateral international damage caused by the American military-industrial complex and a way to ground the story of a woman hell-bent on revenge against the West?
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 30 May 2019
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Last Thursday, the State Department released a detailed report on the impact of sanctions and export controls strangling the Russian military-industrial complex.
—David A. Andelman, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
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But basketball isn’t the military-industrial complex that football is.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 10 Jan. 2018
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Tech companies are getting rich by tracking Americans’ movements and then selling the data to various arms of the U.S. military-industrial complex.
—Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
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