military-industrial complex
noun
: an informal alliance of the military and related government departments with defense industries that is held to influence government policy
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Buckley was heedless of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s profound concern over a military-industrial complex pushing the nation into gratuitous wars for ulterior motives, i.e., money and power.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025
Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own people to fund a global empire.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
What most Americans fail to recognize is that these ongoing wars have little to do with keeping the country safe and everything to do with propping up a military-industrial complex that has its sights set on world domination.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
His sweeping tariffs are designed to enrich the ruling elite and military-industrial complex while whipping up hatred against Chinese workers, who are not our enemies but our class brothers and sisters.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025
Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own people to fund a global empire.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
What most Americans fail to recognize is that these ongoing wars have little to do with keeping the country safe and everything to do with propping up a military-industrial complex that has its sights set on world domination.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 21 June 2025
His sweeping tariffs are designed to enrich the ruling elite and military-industrial complex while whipping up hatred against Chinese workers, who are not our enemies but our class brothers and sisters.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for military-industrial complex
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“Military-industrial complex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/military-industrial%20complex. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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