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 Those are just some of the strategies Chinese scientists have been developing to counter what Beijing sees as a potent threat: Elon Musk’s armada of Starlink communications satellites. Erika Kinetz, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025 In the 16th century, Spain was a global superpower with its mighty armada, and gold and silver flowing in from its American colonies. Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025 The small armada competed in a regatta around buoys, practicing how to keep moving in light headwinds. Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 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
  • While Quark primarily operates in the polar regions, the company expands to subpolar destinations during the shoulder seasons, before the fleet repositions to the other side of the globe.
    Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a Japanese Defense Ministry document dated October 2024 shows that a fleet of three Global Hawk drones was deployed at Yokota Air Base in Japan in May 2023.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Reliever Jonathan Bowlan — who became a full-time reliever this season — made the spot start before giving way to a convoy of pitchers.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
  • If jamming a head of state’s flight is possible, so is disrupting a humanitarian airlift, a naval convoy, or a swarm of autonomous drones.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025

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