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forces

NOUN
human resources
Synonyms
WEAK
HR personnel staff
NOUN
rank and file
Synonyms
WEAK
common run common soldiery common sort grassroots majority plebeians proletariat ranks
NOUN
troop/troops
Synonyms
WEAK
armed forces army assemblage assembly band body bunch collection combatants company contingent corps crew crowd delegation drove fighting forces flock gang gathering herd horde host legion military multitude number outfit pack party personnel service personnel soldiers soldiery squad swarm team throng troopers troupe unit

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Appeared in the March 28, 2026, print edition as 'Ground Forces May Reach 17,000'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The Journal provided coordinates of the detention locations struck in the air campaign to both the Defense Department and the Israel Defense Forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

I’ll never forget a commercial I saw on the Armed Forces Network while I was in Iraq.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Sending its Self-Defense Forces abroad is politically sensitive in officially pacifist Japan, as many voters support the US-imposed, war-renouncing 1947 constitution.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

You are to come with us on authority of the Psi Special Forces commander, Joseph Traylor.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.