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combatant

[kuhm-bat-nt, kom-buh-tuhnt, kuhm-] / kəmˈbæt nt, ˈkɒm bə tənt, ˈkʌm- /


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Many MPs believe that Badenoch has for some months now been an impressive combatant at Prime Minister's Questions, her weekly joust with the prime minister.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

He says OpenAI got the same terms on the authority of combatant commands as the Pentagon offered to Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Hurt’s Lovborg is an ideal theatrical combatant for Holmes’ Hedda.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

“At the end of the day, the government is going to go with systems that have been deployed, where combatant commanders swear by the fact that they want one of what we have,” Mengucci said.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

At Blackcliff we learn to classify people: civilian, combatant, enemy, ally, informer, defector.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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