regiment

as in corps
a military unit that is usually made of several large groups of soldiers (called battalions) infantry/cavalry regiments

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Recent Examples of regiment Afterward, a presidential procession, replete with marching bands and ceremonial military regiments, will head down Pennsylvania Avenue, carrying Trump and Vance from the Capitol to the White House. Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025 The pregame flyover will be a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 158th aviation regiment. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 China’s energy law represents a massive drive to overhaul China’s macroeconomic orientation and regiment a previously free-flowing ad-hoc energy market. Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 The regiment was tasked with intercepting, disarming and escorting the Miniconjou, a subdivision of the Lakota, along Wounded Knee Creek on December 28. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for regiment 
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  • Like many small nonprofit arts organizations, the PRT as it’s known, has relied on a corps of volunteers led by a board of directors, who also donate their time.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Those upgrades paid off during a summer stretch that saw the Mets get into the playoffs one day after the official end of the regular season, but the relief corps struggled to hold leads and keep games close late in the postseason.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Congolese government accused its neighbor Rwanda of equipping the M23 with both weapons and troops.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Japan is a security treaty ally of the U.S., where the Pentagon deploys aircraft, ships, and troops.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nazar is technically playing more on the wing than center, but there are opportunities to interchange at center with Bedard.
    Scott Powers, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Chicken wings inside a refrigerator measured at an unsafe temperature.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • Other companies reporting include Exxon Mobil , Chevron , AbbVie , Colgate-Palmolive , Booz Allen , Charter Communications , LyondellBasell , and Novartis.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In fact the business landscape is littered with examples of talented employees who left companies taking generous packages to go on to great success.
    Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
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  • The colonel was also being held responsible for 12 soldiers in his battalion leaving their positions, a statement said.
    Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Before the conflict, Hamas maintained a force of 30,000 terrorists organized into 24 battalions.
    Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Regiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regiment. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.

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