signal corps
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of signal corps
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Let There Be Light was the third commission in what sounds like an increasingly fraught partnership between the director and the US army signal corps.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2020
The new jobs within combat battalions are in personnel, intelligence, logistics, signal corps, medical and chaplaincy.
From Time ● Nov. 30, 2012
After graduating from Columbia University, New York, in 1951, he served with the army signal corps, during which time he wrote movie columns for an armed-forces magazine.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2012
The new openings in combat battalions are personnel, intelligence, logistics, signal corps, medical and chaplaincy jobs.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2012
The Negro press was a signal corps, communicating between leaders and the ground troops, giving the watchword so that the Negro community moved forward in sync with America, but more importantly, as a unified whole.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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