commodores

plural of commodore

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Noun
  • Fourteen different generals or admirals would occupy the Pink House — the equivalent to our West Wing — between then and 1983.
    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
Noun
  • 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
  • Others tip over, forcing their skippers to swim back with the boat in tow.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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“Commodores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commodores. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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