argosies

plural of argosy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for argosies
Noun
  • Understanding this process is crucial for ensuring the safety of geological waste repositories.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Our current ideas about archives as these infinite repositories feel like a bit of a fiction.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Both sides have been fighting mercilessly over Sudanese gold mines.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The stock has fallen nearly 17% since last Wednesday, when the company announced a tragic mud rush earlier this month at one of its copper and gold mines in Indonesia; two workers have been found dead, and five remain missing.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That money would be better spent, as military experts have long said, on asymmetric weapons like mines given that Taiwan’s ports and air bases would be the main targets for China’s initial air and missile campaign.
    Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Vintage shops and thrift stores can be treasure troves for all odds and ends to fill any space of the house—especially because vintage decor is having a major moment right now.
    Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Argosies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/argosies. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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