as in armies
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 battalions
These religious sites and sacred areas throughout Ukraine have not been used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces or Ukrainian volunteer battalions as staging grounds to fight against Russian forces.
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Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The organization conducted a review of the department that found the LAFD needs 62 new fire stations, 4,000 additional firefighters, dozens of new dispatchers, seven new battalions, and emergency management service substations.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
23 June 2026
Some civilians joined volunteer battalions or were drafted to join the military, while others contributed in different ways, from intelligence gathering and crowd-sourcing funding to food and medical distribution networks and critical infrastructure repair.
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Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
In the letter read out to lawmakers of the Central African country on Monday, Chadian President Mahamat Déby Itno said two battalions of 750 troops each will be deployed from this month for one year, following a request by the United Nations.
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ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
Rather, our liberties would be saved by the ragtag battalions of night people doing their tireless work, unpaid, unheralded, and largely unseen.
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Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, historical epics reimagine Ming dynasty battalions fighting fantastical monsters, using special effects and visuals in ways that traditional production might find prohibitively expensive.
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Faye Bradley,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
Some of them are regular reserve units, but some of them are specific reserve units called regional-defense battalions, and there are regional brigades in the West Bank that have regional-defense battalions under them, which are units made up mostly of settlers.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
The Marines, the only service with a command structure for its wounded warrior program, has two battalions, one at Camp Pendleton and the other at Camp Lejeune.
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Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The organization conducted a review of the department that found the LAFD needs 62 new fire stations, 4,000 additional firefighters, dozens of new dispatchers, seven new battalions, and emergency management service substations.
—
City News Service,
Daily News,
23 June 2026
Some civilians joined volunteer battalions or were drafted to join the military, while others contributed in different ways, from intelligence gathering and crowd-sourcing funding to food and medical distribution networks and critical infrastructure repair.
—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
In the letter read out to lawmakers of the Central African country on Monday, Chadian President Mahamat Déby Itno said two battalions of 750 troops each will be deployed from this month for one year, following a request by the United Nations.
—
ABC News,
21 Apr. 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
Meanwhile, historical epics reimagine Ming dynasty battalions fighting fantastical monsters, using special effects and visuals in ways that traditional production might find prohibitively expensive.
—
Faye Bradley,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
Some of them are regular reserve units, but some of them are specific reserve units called regional-defense battalions, and there are regional brigades in the West Bank that have regional-defense battalions under them, which are units made up mostly of settlers.
—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
The Marines, the only service with a command structure for its wounded warrior program, has two battalions, one at Camp Pendleton and the other at Camp Lejeune.
—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalions
armies
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My question is whether there is anything in the resolution which would authorize or recommend or approve the landing of large American armies in Vietnam or in China.
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The Supreme Court considered the meaning of the clause in a landmark case in 1898 and affirmed the rule of citizenship by birth, with rare exceptions for the children of foreign diplomats, occupying armies and members of Native American tribes.
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“Battalions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalions. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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