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a military unit that is usually made of several large groups of soldiers (called battalions)
infantry/cavalry regiments
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Recent Examples of regiment
Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments?
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Eli Amdur, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Tolstoy has a passage that summarizes Nikolai’s position: A soldier in movement is as hemmed in, limited, and borne along by his regiment as a sailor by his ship.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Scared that Army physicians treating her would discover her gender, Edmonds fled the regiment and never returned.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
And a history of the regiment that protected Lincoln says that in Mary Todd Lincoln’s absence, Derickson slept in the same bed as Lincoln, in the President’s nightshirt.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
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Eli Amdur, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Tolstoy has a passage that summarizes Nikolai’s position: A soldier in movement is as hemmed in, limited, and borne along by his regiment as a sailor by his ship.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Scared that Army physicians treating her would discover her gender, Edmonds fled the regiment and never returned.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
And a history of the regiment that protected Lincoln says that in Mary Todd Lincoln’s absence, Derickson slept in the same bed as Lincoln, in the President’s nightshirt.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regiment
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That involvement should continue to climb in the coming weeks, as USC’s young receiving corps continues to work through growing pains.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Conley is part a full-staff receiving corps that welcomes Samuel back from a one-game absence, as well as tight end George Kittle, who missed last Sunday’s loss at Los Angeles with a Grade I hamstring strain.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
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The Defense Department has a budget exceeding $800 billion, with about 1.3 million active-duty troops and another 1.4 million in the National Guard, Reserves and civilian employees based worldwide.Tara Copp, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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From Beijing’s perspective, during a conflict with the United States over Taiwan, maintaining close ties with North Korea is advantageous because Pyongyang can help tie down U.S. troops in the region by keeping open the possibility of another war.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Arguably the best part of this already popular YouTube series are the deeply thoughtful questions from Evans that his guest must answer while attempting to manage chicken wings slathered in hot sauces with names like Da Bomb and Arbol Scorpion.Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Start-ups have launched multiple blended wing body (BWB) aircraft projects with similar step change improvements to fuel efficiency including: JetZero, Natilus and Outbound.Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The amendment also does away with a provision that limits the exemption to companies with no more than $100,000 in gross receipts and applies the exemption to all grant amounts instead of just the first $1 million received.Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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England and Gage said this money changed the company’s outlook and led to its demise.Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Boles served as a battalion chief at Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.Yacob Reyes, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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But there’s a problem with fires Oct. 12, 2023 Safety basics These batteries are generally safe with proper care and storage, said Robert Rezende, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department battalion chief and the region’s first lithium-ion battery safety coordinator.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Regiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regiment. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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