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noun flag·ship \ˈflag-ˌship\

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

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.

— henrik pettersson, CNN, "Great Britain? How the UK shapes up against the rest of the world", 2 June 2017
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.

— sam reed, The Hollywood Reporter, "Style Notes: Halima Aden's First Vogue Cover; Sofia Coppola Directs Cartier Video", 1 June 2017
Dirty, Dingy Hospital’ Quality has been suffering at the flagship Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, which has about 400 beds.

— john lauerman, Bloomberg.com, "Dirty, Dingy Hospitals: Doctors Blame Debt-Fueled Takeovers", 1 June 2017
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.

— glenn kessler and michelle ye hee lee, chicagotribune.com, "Fact-checking Trump's claims on Paris climate agreement", 1 June 2017
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.

— NOLA.com, "Louisiana's 21 tiniest towns + totally random fun factoids", 31 May 2017
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.

— helin jung, Cosmopolitan, "Who Is Jared Kushner? 20 Things You Need to Know About Donald Trump's Son-in-Law.", 27 May 2017
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 –

— blair anthony robertson, sacbee, "Sierra Nevada’s revered and influential brewmaster calls it a career", 25 May 2017
Cortana, Microsoft's personal assistant, is the flagship feature of Windows 10.

— david pierce, Wired News, "It's Official: Everyone Has the Same Plan for Tech's Future", 10 June 2015

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FLAGSHIP Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of flagship for English Language Learners

: the ship that carries the commander of a group of ships
: the best, largest, or most important one of a group of things (such as products, stores, etc.)