DOD
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Example Sentences
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European Command had recommended that the more than 4,000 soldiers of the armored brigade wouldn’t be backfilled after its regular nine-month rotation, according to DOD officials, but hadn’t urged that the deployment be halted midstream.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Late last month, the DOD also agreed to provide $36 million of funding to Trilogy Metals to support its development of copper-polymetallic mines in Alaska.
From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025
A company spokesperson told Slate that while the news about the manufacturing facility was new, the nature of the relationship between Oura and the DOD, which began in 2019, had not changed.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2025
Written by David Vergun of DOD News and originally published on Feb. 9, 2021, the article recently disappeared from the website.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025
Okay, let’s concede that you can reliably tell Coke from Pepsi, even when the DOD hovers around 4.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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