as in troops
the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation
our nation's armed forces are stationed throughout the world
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Recent Examples of armed forces
Takaichi is expected to focus on a conservative policy agenda that includes a push to make constitutional revisions empowering Japan’s armed forces, boost military spending and increase interest rates to help cope with inflation, the Associated Press and Reuters reported.
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Critics said Trump had pushed for the extravagant parade not to commemorate the armed forces, but as a display of his own vanity.
—NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
Boots works hard to insist that while there might be a few bad apples along the way, there’s noble work to be done in the armed forces.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
The figures were outgoing Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, Santiago Carrillo, head of the Spanish Communist Party, and armed forces chief Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado who, though a frail near-70, got up to order the rebel Guards to lay down their arms.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
Critics said Trump had pushed for the extravagant parade not to commemorate the armed forces, but as a display of his own vanity.
—NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
Boots works hard to insist that while there might be a few bad apples along the way, there’s noble work to be done in the armed forces.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
The figures were outgoing Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, Santiago Carrillo, head of the Spanish Communist Party, and armed forces chief Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado who, though a frail near-70, got up to order the rebel Guards to lay down their arms.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
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