admirals

noun

plural of admiral
as in commanders
a high-ranking officer in the navy

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Recent Examples of admirals The navies that embraced carrier aviation did not do it by convincing admirals that airplanes were interesting. — Pankaj Prasoon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 His departure comes after Hegseth ousted several other generals and admirals, including the head of the Navy. — Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Throughout this year, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been weakening the Navy’s leadership by blocking the promotion of nearly 20 admirals. — Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Overall, almost 60% of officers Hegseth has fired across the military have been women or Black; those groups account for less than 20% of generals and admirals. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 June 2026 Phelan's departure puts him on a list of over 30 Pentagon officials who have been ousted since Hegseth's arrival at the Pentagon, many of them generals and admirals. — Npr Staff, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026 Hegseth also has fired several other top generals, admirals and defense leaders since taking office last year. — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026 These are not the polished relics of admirals and officers but the everyday possessions of working men who fought and died aboard a burning warship. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admirals
  1. commanders
  2. skippers
  3. captains
  4. pilots
Noun
  • Lukas was escorting commanders from Barksdale Air Force Base.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The aircraft’s multi-role design also gives commanders greater flexibility in employing it for different missions rather than limiting it to the traditional air-superiority role associated with earlier Eagle variants.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of commanders
Noun
  • 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
  • Ludwig says many breakfast skippers end up overeating at night.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 13 May 2026
Definition of skippers
Noun
  • The 24-year-old is one of Chelsea’s vice-captains, behind Reece James, and has played 149 times for the club since joining from Brighton in August 2023.
    — Sam Joseph, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Achane agreed, explaining that much will be required not just of the captains but of the entire team.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of captains
Noun
  • There’s Tanner, the middle of three boys who lives in his hometown and pilots a plane for the family business that sprays pesticides on crops.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • At least five people died and five were injured, though the victims’ location during the crash and the condition of the pilots rescued from the cockpit still isn’t clear.
    — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of pilots

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