cadets
- plural of cadet.
Example Sentences
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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
Russia's military explained that the annual commemorations of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two would not feature military vehicles or cadets due to the "current operational situation".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
U.S. military officers are immersed, from the time they’re cadets, in a culture that respects civilian control and discourages getting involved in politics.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
“This means that cadets are not taught what it means to be objectively reasonable, the very standard which the law requires them to meet when deciding whether or not to use deadly force.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Most of the police cadets who ordinarily inhabited it had been moved out to make room for the American rowers as well as oarsmen from several other nations.
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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