Thesaurus results for BATTALION

battalion

noun

bə-ˈtal-yən

as in army

a large body of men and women organized for land warfare the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously

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Recent Examples of battalion Earlier this month, two peacekeepers from Ghana were critically injured when their battalion’s headquarters was hit by Israeli tank fire. —

Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026 Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, was born in New Haven and was a soldier in the 890th battalion, Paratroopers Brigade. —

Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026 The fire occurred at 145 Brevard Court, said John Lipcsak, battalion chief in the department’s public information office, in an email to The Charlotte Observer. —

Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026 Rather, our liberties would be saved by the ragtag battalions of night people doing their tireless work, unpaid, unheralded, and largely unseen. —

Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for battalion

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army

Noun

Of these three exceptions, the only one that still applies is to the children of diplomats, as there are no invading armies, and Native Americans were granted automatic citizenship in 1924.

— Nina Totenberg, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026
The Institute for the Study of War said Ukrainian tactics are likely disrupting efforts to advance by Russia’s bigger army.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026