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a high-ranking officer in the navy
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Recent Examples of admirals
Fourteen different generals or admirals would occupy the Pink House — the equivalent to our West Wing — between then and 1983.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
In an amicus brief filed on Thursday, a group of former secretaries of the Army and Navy and retired four-star admirals and generals encouraged Judge Perry to express caution about the broader use of the National Guard in domestic operations.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
At Quantico last week, the president and secretary of war strode into a hall packed with generals and admirals, stars glittering on shoulders.
—Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The actor, star of Netflix’s Undercover and Ferry, will portray Jan Janszoon, also known as Murat Reis, a real-life Dutch sea captain who converted to Islam and became one of the most powerful pirate admirals in the North African city of Salé.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
These details are currently the most public yet to emerge about the gathering, which Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals and admirals to attend.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of generals and admirals — senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers — have been summoned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from all over the world to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, with little notice.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Hegseth summoned hundreds of generals and admirals with little notice from around the world for the gathering at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, this week, causing alarm in the ranks.
—Richard Hall, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Now, many of those generals and admirals will be in the same room.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
In an amicus brief filed on Thursday, a group of former secretaries of the Army and Navy and retired four-star admirals and generals encouraged Judge Perry to express caution about the broader use of the National Guard in domestic operations.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
At Quantico last week, the president and secretary of war strode into a hall packed with generals and admirals, stars glittering on shoulders.
—Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The actor, star of Netflix’s Undercover and Ferry, will portray Jan Janszoon, also known as Murat Reis, a real-life Dutch sea captain who converted to Islam and became one of the most powerful pirate admirals in the North African city of Salé.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
These details are currently the most public yet to emerge about the gathering, which Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals and admirals to attend.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of generals and admirals — senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers — have been summoned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from all over the world to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, with little notice.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
Hegseth summoned hundreds of generals and admirals with little notice from around the world for the gathering at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, this week, causing alarm in the ranks.
—Richard Hall, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Now, many of those generals and admirals will be in the same room.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admirals
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The special prosecutor’s team has accused Yoon and his military commanders of ordering a covert drone operation into the North to inflame tensions between the neighbors and justify his martial law decree.—
Reuters 2 hr ago,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Fort Worth commanders placed Johnson on restricted duty for the duration of the incomplete criminal and Internal Affairs Unit administrative investigations, according to a department spokesperson.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Former big-league skippers Rocco Baldelli, David Ross or Brandon Hyde would bring managerial experience to the job.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Others tip over, forcing their skippers to swim back with the boat in tow.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Long snapper Hank Pepper, linebacker Eric Gentry, quarterback Jayden Maiava, wide receiver Asante Das and offensive lineman Tobias Raymond were each announced as game captains on Saturday.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Republican National Committee is now providing personnel, including five full-time staffers, 50 county captains over 15,000 volunteers, who include attorneys and poll workers, per the committee.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Employers can create weekly forums where employees can share both AI successes and failures without judgment, then reallocate budgets away from underperforming AI experiments to pilots that are showing success.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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The pilots diverted the flight to Buffalo to attempt an emergency landing.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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