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 There, Sith cultists had been working to keep Palpatine's vision for a New Empire alive by building an unstoppable armada. Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025 Soon each of us had a small aerial armada of paper airplanes in myriad shapes. Michael Monson, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025 The Chinese military is massing troops in Fujian Province and an armada offshore, just across the strait from Taiwan. Michael Brown, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 Retired Marine Gerry Berry was a helicopter pilot aboard the armada of American ships off the coast. David Martin, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armada
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Noun
  • The resort also uses a fleet of electric vehicles for day-to-day operations.
    Julie Olum, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
  • Soon, every employee will manage a fleet of AI agents.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Efforts by the United Nations to distribute the food have been plagued by armed gangs looting trucks and by crowds of desperate people off-loading supplies from convoys.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • Panthers take Stanley for a walk The buses in the convoy carried all members of the Panthers organization — players, coaches, training staff, front office staff, hockey operations staff, promotions staff.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025

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“Armada.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armada. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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