theater of operations
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of theater of operations
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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He has served in every military theater of operations, from Africa to the Pacific, and in the Pentagon as the Navy’s chief of legislative affairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
The sheer size of the potential theater of operations also works against a purely U.S. defense shield.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
She “entertained troops in every theater of operations during World War II,” the New York Times reported.
From Fox News ● Dec. 14, 2019
“We’ve had a recent change of mission and soon we’ll be supporting a different theater of operations in the coming month,” U.S.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 5, 2018
But if the army of Italy goes but to the Adige without concerted action with the army of the Rhine, then what was before but a zone becomes for that army a theater of operations.
From The Art of War by George Henry Mendell
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