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cadet

[kuh-det] / kəˈdɛt /
NOUN
military trainee
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Hegseth posted the image, taken from the social media account for a local training branch, showing a young cadet receiving an award from her instructor.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The U.S. defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, posted a photo on social media of two young women at a Canadian cadet training center that was interpreted as mocking their weight and gender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

During a recent Coast Guard graduation, Trump invited onto stage "the only cadet who earned a perfect score on every single fitness test."

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

He also invited a cadet onstage to highlight physical fitness achievements, underscoring a recurring emphasis on bodily standards as a marker of military excellence.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

From San Francisco he traveled by elegant Pullman car to Annapolis, where he was enrolled as a cadet.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

At the time, the War Department recognized schools such as Pennsylvania Military College and LSU as distinguished military colleges based on an annual formal inspection of their corps of cadets programs, facilities and instruction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

For oilers and cadets, the $25,000 could represent more than a year of wages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

It would have brought around 500 maritime cadets to the city.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

He even managed to get a more current jest in, teasing the group of young cadets with a “six-seven” joke about making good choices.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

The only thing the cadets had left behind was a stable full of police horses on the ground floor.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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