Example sentences for: defense

How can you use “defense” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The NYT lead is written off a copy it has obtained of a House committee's report to be released this coming week that says the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs should be stripped of their authority over Gulf soldiers' sickness because of their mishandling of the issue.

  • Since his time, 13 new departments have been created and only two eliminated (the Navy Department was absorbed into the Department of Defense in 1949, and the Post Office was spun off as a federal corporation in 1971).

  • President Clinton sent a letter to Russian President Boris Yeltsin in January proposing changes that would allow the U.S. to implement a limited missile defense system, but negotiations have been underway for only several weeks.

  • Looked at another way, during the 40 years of the Cold War, Brookings Institution defense experts calculate, the United States spent about $320 billion a year on defense, measured in today's dollars.

  • Matthew Shepard: the despicable defense .


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