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
  • In the United States, the military is voluntary and men must register for the draft.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
  • But there might be a way around the restriction, if the facility was run by the military.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 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
  • Diaz, 62, joined the office after serving in the military police and rose through the ranks over 27 years.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • 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
  • And yet, Pinkley is the guy that the group’s leader picks to impersonate a General to fool the military brass.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
  • 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
  • But there are signs that the military taboo in Silicon Valley is starting to wear off among startups and investors.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 29 May 2024
  • But as the number of women serving in the military has grown, so have fatalities.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 27 May 2024
  • The treatment of the Black sailors then, and for decades following the deadly explosion, highlighted the racist treatment of Black members of the military.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
  • According to an Intercept report, Grayson had also been discharged from the military due to misconduct.
    Li Zhou, Vox, 25 July 2024

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