How to Use the military in a Sentence

the military

noun
  • What’s left to debate is how large the military should be.
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The cars then left the warehouse — three cars went south and one went north, the military officials said.
    Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • And so, this is not a case that joining the military turns you into a mass shooter.
    Stephen Stock, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • As of Thursday night, the military has not officially released the names of the Marines who died in the crash.
    Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Spokane agreement has the military on a seven-year payment plan, St. John said.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And the military has been such a big part of my life for so long — 17 and a half years, and now to go back into the military and work with those folks again.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 31 July 2023
  • Despite the eye damage, both men served in the military after high school.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
  • None of the men in uniform today has ever served in the military, but many of their relatives have.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But the military acknowledges there have been few gains.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Here’s the short list: Members of the military who served or are currently serving in a combat zone.
    John F. Wasik, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • First the military must hire a commercial ship in the Black Sea to host the equipment, which will have to be temporarily welded to the ship’s deck.
    Jason Sherman, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2023
  • For many of those who live in Israel, that means study is just as important to Israel’s defense as the military.
    Mick Krever, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
  • So the military had an adenovirus type 5 vaccine for many years.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Those are then often shipped off to the CDC, which until 2020 ran the only lab outside the military that could test for these parasites.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In 1995, two fellow Americans were killed when they were shot down over Belarus by the military.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Our condolences to those families and our deepest respect and thanks for all of those who serve or have served in the military.
    CBS News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The suspect lived close to the military base, according to court documents, and the bodies were found less than half a mile from the residence.
    Emma Colton, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • That craft has not yet been located, though the military continues to search.
    Ellie Kaufman, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • But David, who had served two tours, including a stint as a machine gunner in Afghanistan, decided to stay in the military.
    Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The bombing was a searing experience for the military after 20 years of war in Afghanistan.
    Compiled Bydemocrat Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Apr. 2024
  • This led to the replacement of Hamdok's civilian government with a system led by al-Burhan and the military.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But this is a coalition and a coalition that's growing both the diplomatic coalition, as well as the military coalition.
    CBS News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Across the military, the armed services have been struggling to meet enlistment goals, with most falling far short of their targets in recent years.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • Resistance to risk-taking and change for the military can also be found among members of Congress.
    Eric Lipton, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Ronnie talks to his brother, who is still in the military, and occasionally flies down to Virginia to see him.
    Albina Sportelli, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • At least half of the military vessels darted right along the line of separation itself.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • But no criminal charges were brought against the soldiers because, the military said at the time, no causal link was found between Mr. Assad’s death and the failures of the soldiers’ conduct.
    Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
  • What were some of the local attitudes and perceptions about women in social settings, in the workforce, at home, at school, in the military?
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Hayden was flying back from a trip to Tokyo to visit her husband, who is on secondment in the military, when she was parted from the earphones.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
  • When France then offered stronger-than-expected support for Ukraine’s bid to join the military alliance, some started to wonder: Had the war changed Macron?
    Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023

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