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 Doing so required the greatest armada ever assembled — nearly 7,000 ships and boats, supported by more than 11,000 planes — carrying almost 133,000 troops across the English Channel to establish toeholds on five beaches stretching across 50 miles of the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944. Medianews Group, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025 In a last stand, the Resistance and their allies fight to stop the launch of Palpatine's armada on Exegol. Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025 There, Sith cultists had been working to keep Palpatine's vision for a New Empire alive by building an unstoppable armada. Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025 Soon each of us had a small aerial armada of paper airplanes in myriad shapes. Michael Monson, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for armada
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Noun
  • Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet, opened up a driverless robotaxi service to the public in the Phoenix area in 2020, and now operates a fleet of 400 robotaxis there, the company told CNBC on Thursday.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 July 2025
  • The fleet is split between two home ports on the East and West Coasts.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
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  • Efforts by the United Nations to distribute the food have been plagued by armed gangs looting trucks and by crowds of desperate people off-loading supplies from convoys.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • Panthers take Stanley for a walk The buses in the convoy carried all members of the Panthers organization — players, coaches, training staff, front office staff, hockey operations staff, promotions staff.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025

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“Armada.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armada. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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