nonmilitary
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Washington and its partners, they say, should use the window to build a comprehensive deterrence strategy that addresses nonmilitary coercion as effectively as it does conventional conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
In recent years, Washington has removed about 200,000 deportees annually to Mexico, mostly via the southwestern land border — but including some ferried by nonmilitary aircraft to the Mexican interior.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025
The federal government is an insurance company with an army: The great bulk of nonmilitary spending is on the big safety-net programs — that is, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023
During that episode of brinkmanship, lawmakers agreed to impose limits on both military and nonmilitary spending from 2012 to 2021.
From New York Times • May 22, 2023
It’s one of the nonmilitary ones that the woman was speaking of.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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