Definition of flagship
1 : the ship that carries the commander of a fleet or subdivision of a fleet and flies the commander's flag
2 : the finest, largest, or most important one of a series, network, or chain the company's flagship store
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Examples of flagship in a Sentence
the flagship of the Atlantic fleet
Recent Examples of flagship from the Web
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Healthcare is a top issue for many voters, and that's no surprise -- the UK's flagship public health system, the National Health Service (NHS), has been facing serious financial problems for years.
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The Mummy Teams Up with Saks Fifth Avenue On Window Display [Pret-a-Reporter Inbox] Manhattan's flagship Saks Fifth Avenue location will get the VIP treatment in honor of the latest Universal flick, The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise.
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Dirty, Dingy Hospital’ Quality has been suffering at the flagship Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, which has about 400 beds.
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The Clean Power Plan is a flagship environmental regulatory rule of the Obama administration and proposes to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.
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The village in Bienville Parsish has the same number of people as theTemple of Olympian Zeus in Greece had columns, and Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship HMS Victory had cannons, and a Windows keyboard has keys.
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Jared's family's New York real estate company was in negotiations to sell a stake in its Fifth Avenue flagship skyscraper to a Chinese insurance company, according to the New York Times.
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The brewery moved to its current location, and with the opening of the pub in 1990, Dresler began creating new beers to go along with the flagship beers –
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Cortana, Microsoft's personal assistant, is the flagship feature of Windows 10.
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FLAGSHIP Defined for English Language Learners
flagship
playDefinition of flagship for English Language Learners
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: the ship that carries the commander of a group of ships
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: the best, largest, or most important one of a group of things (such as products, stores, etc.)
FLAGSHIP Defined for Kids
flagship
playDefinition of flagship for Students
: the ship carrying the commander of a group of ships and flying a flag that tells the commander's rank
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