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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
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.
—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
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said two infantry battalions of the Army’s 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders.
—Jack Brook, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said two infantry battalions of the Army's 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said two infantry battalions of the Army’s 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders.
—Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
The organization conducted a review of the department that found 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, 15 Jan. 2026
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
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said two infantry battalions of the Army’s 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders.
—Jack Brook, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said two infantry battalions of the Army's 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said two infantry battalions of the Army’s 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders.
—Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
The organization conducted a review of the department that found 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, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalions
armies
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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
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Khaki thereafter served as the official color for uniforms of British armies, native and colonial, in India.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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