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 The small armada competed in a regatta around buoys, practicing how to keep moving in light headwinds. Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025 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 Deep in the seething, fecund Amazon jungle, a seeker finds wisdom, beauty, exciting new recipes, and inexhaustible armadas of biting insects. Olivia James, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armada
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Noun
  • Coordinating fleets of robotic arms remains one of the toughest problems in modern manufacturing.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The cruises are offered throughout the line’s fleet.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a statement on Monday, Global Sumud Flotilla said on Instagram that due to unsafe weather conditions, which included 30 knot winds, a sea trial was conducted, and the decision was made for the convoy to return to port for the storm to pass.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The National Disaster Management Authority said a convoy carrying response teams was en route to the affected areas in Kunar.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Armada.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armada. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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