: a warship with a flight deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed
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Modern aircraft carriers are no longer just platforms for launching jets.—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026 Jessica joined the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln, working on the missiles and armaments of the massive aircraft carrier.—Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026 France, which has rushed its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean, is working with other countries to prepare such a mission once the air war has subsided.—John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 The Ford is on track to exceed the longest deployment of any aircraft carrier since the end of the Vietnam war.—Steve Walsh, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aircraft carrier