military academy

NOUN

military school

Synonyms

STRONGEST

naval academy

WEAK

general staff school military college officer candidate school service academy service school

Example Sentences

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Culver City’s founder, Harry Culver, set up a military academy on five acres there in the 1920s; 40 years later it was housing tracts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

In 2011 the U.S. discovered that Osama bin Laden was hiding less than a mile from Pakistan’s leading military academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

George, a career military officer who graduated from the West Point military academy, was nominated for the role in 2023 by former President Joe Biden.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Roh and Chun had been close for decades, first meeting as classmates at military academy during the Korean War.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

He was a very old man when I knew him, but as a young lieutenant just out of military academy he had been assigned to General Miles and he served in the Chief Joseph campaign.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck