admiral

noun

Definition of admiralnext
as in commander
a high-ranking officer in the navy

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Recent Examples of admiral The Front Page Highlights A Black admiral fixed one of the Navy’s worst messes. — Kate Kelly Vincent Alban Paulina Villegas Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 21 June 2026 Plus, Tyland Lannister (Jefferson Hall) has secured the help of the Triarchy fleet by virtue of mud-wrestling Sharako Lohar (Abigail Thorn), the fleet’s admiral. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026 As promised by Toussaint at Deadline’s SXSW London Studio last week, episode 1 features a spectacular naval battle scene in which his character comes up against arch enemy, female admiral Sharako Lohar (Abigail Thorn). — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 June 2026 The move breaks with long-standing norms and follows Hegseth’s firings of top female admirals, raising new concerns about politicization and civilian interference in military leadership. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for admiral
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  1. commander
  2. commodore
  3. skipper
  4. captain
Noun
  • Ukraine's drone force commander, Robert Brovdi, known as Magyar, said via Telegram that 14 Russian ships were hit in the Sea of Azov on Thursday evening, taking the number of Russian vessels stuck by Ukrainian drones to 35 over the last 96 hours.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026
  • The two-pilot setup matches the arrangement found in the B-2 Spirit bomber, where a pilot and a mission commander share flight duties and alternate tasks during long missions.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of commander
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  • The coast guard command will be led by a commodore and backed up by an unspecified number of personnel, patrol ships and aircraft for law enforcement, monitoring, environmental protection and search and rescue.
    — Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In 2019, club members suspected Stellato of $20,000 worth of embezzlement and relieved him of his rear commodore position, according to court records.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of commodore
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  • Schlittler, meanwhile, has a legitimate case to start for the American League, which will be managed by rival Blue Jays skipper John Schneider.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
  • The American League and National League teams will be managed by John Schneider and Dave Roberts, respectively, the skippers of last year’s World Series clubs.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of skipper
Noun
  • Jude Bellingham scored for England in that game, including the extra-time winner, to reach six goals and match his teammate and captain, Harry Kane.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Strengthening there remains imperative, with club captain Seamus Coleman having left as a free agent and Scotland international Nathan Patterson expected to follow him.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of captain

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