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Recent Examples of soldiery
Moscow is not about to waste vital resources in airpower, weaponry or soldiery on peripheral endeavors such as supporting Assad or the Mullahs.
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Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
That includes the activism and the soldiery.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022
Through Joe, an aspiring journalist, readers experience not only the throb of post-9/11 patriotism but also the tedium, camaraderie and sudden terrors of soldiery in a war zone.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 14 May 2021
Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
That includes the activism and the soldiery.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022
Through Joe, an aspiring journalist, readers experience not only the throb of post-9/11 patriotism but also the tedium, camaraderie and sudden terrors of soldiery in a war zone.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 14 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soldiery
Noun
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The historical drama about Black military women who heroically solved a massive backlog of mail to servicemen during World War II is #2.—
Tom Brueggemann,
IndieWire,
23 Dec. 2024
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These ex-servicemen would need food, sundries, smokes — hundreds of things, and thousands in pension dollars landed in their pockets, right?—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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Japan is part of the First Island Chain, a U.S. maritime containment strategy that seeks to restrict the Chinese military's access to the Western Pacific Ocean.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The group's visit to a major shrine, overseen by the Israeli military, was opposed by Druze leaders in the rest of Syria.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Soldiery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soldiery. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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