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Recent Examples of standing army
And in terms of personnel, China has a standing army of more than two million soldiers—nearly 12 times as many as Taiwan.
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Michael A. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2023
In these, the enemy is not a standing army but various terrorist organizations and looser categories of hostiles, enmeshed in large civilian populations.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
The Ukrainian leader also mentioned maintaining the country’s standing army of about one million soldiers and a peacekeeping contingent from European countries, or some combination of these measures.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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With 1.2 million troops, North Korea’s military ranks among the world’s largest standing armies, and its entry into the war was a profound escalation in a war now approaching its fourth year.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Michael A. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2023
In these, the enemy is not a standing army but various terrorist organizations and looser categories of hostiles, enmeshed in large civilian populations.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
The Ukrainian leader also mentioned maintaining the country’s standing army of about one million soldiers and a peacekeeping contingent from European countries, or some combination of these measures.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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With 1.2 million troops, North Korea’s military ranks among the world’s largest standing armies, and its entry into the war was a profound escalation in a war now approaching its fourth year.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing army
Noun
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The Trump Administration's unlawful efforts to force federalized national guard forces and the U.S. military to patrol our streets is deeply alarming and cannot go unchecked.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Republican states need not worry much – yet – even though Texas called up more than 5,000 national guard troops to ready for responses to possible upcoming raids there.—
Thomas Elias,
Oc Register,
27 June 2025
Noun
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In February, deadly clashes between Syrian forces and local militias in the largely Druze southern suburbs of Damascus prompted the first major threats from Netanyahu regarding the fate of the minority group.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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After the Obama Administration deployed U.S. troops in Syria to fight the Islamic State alongside the SDF, the presence of American troops prevented Turkey from moving against the Syrian Kurdish militia.—
Ragip Soylu,
Time,
18 July 2025
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“Standing army.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standing%20army. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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