as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management an armada of ships sailing up the coast

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Recent Examples of armada Retired Marine Gerry Berry was a helicopter pilot aboard the armada of American ships off the coast. David Martin, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025 The joy of being in the friendliest of armadas certainly was infectious. Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Yet the size of the Kremlin’s ICBM armada is many times larger, say the worldwide nuclear weapons monitors at the Federation of American Scientists. Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 The armada includes a basket on wheels that can collect rebounds and pass balls to players, other robots that can stand in as defenders and a collection of Spot robots from Boston Dynamics. Ina Fried, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armada
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Noun
  • The largest motor yacht in the Dutch yard’s fleet is Infinity.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
  • Among the first strikes targeted was the Mehrabad air base in Tehran, where some air fleet is likely held.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • This article was updated to reflect OCHA’s statement saying Palestinians were killed waiting for food rations arriving in U.N. convoys.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 18 June 2025
  • At other moments, towns have seen their power cut and cartel convoys parade through their communities.
    Edgar H. Clemente, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025

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“Armada.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armada. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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