commodores

plural of commodore

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Noun
  • 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
  • At Quantico last week, the president and secretary of war strode into a hall packed with generals and admirals, stars glittering on shoulders.
    Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 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
  • Many of the marble mausoleums on this 14-acre spot are held by Argentina’s elite, some famous, others infamous—think past presidents, Nobel Prize winners, and military commanders.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Experts and onlookers have questioned with growing concern whether these strikes are legal, and whether military lawyers that the Pentagon has encouraged commanders to ignore had signed off on the operations.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Commodores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commodores. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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