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This can all quickly change if the Navy gets real about their fuel demands, acknowledges the Pacific will be contested, and confronts the looming logistical challenge of keeping vast numbers of autonomous corvettes and other small support craft operational in a conflict.
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Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
This missile, developed by MBDA for the French and British Royal Navy, is designed to attack inshore attack craft (50-500 tonnes) or surface ships up to corvette-sized targets.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
Rolls-Royce Nova's Alvarenga agreed that European governments would also pour money into bolstering the region's maritime forces, especially in frigates, corvettes, and support vessels.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 30 June 2025
On display during the Ocean Day exercise was one of Taiwan’s new Anping-class corvettes, stealth-capable vessels with surface-to-land missile systems, and, naturally, advanced rescue capabilities.
—Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
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Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
This missile, developed by MBDA for the French and British Royal Navy, is designed to attack inshore attack craft (50-500 tonnes) or surface ships up to corvette-sized targets.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
Rolls-Royce Nova's Alvarenga agreed that European governments would also pour money into bolstering the region's maritime forces, especially in frigates, corvettes, and support vessels.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 30 June 2025
On display during the Ocean Day exercise was one of Taiwan’s new Anping-class corvettes, stealth-capable vessels with surface-to-land missile systems, and, naturally, advanced rescue capabilities.
—Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corvette
Noun
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What happens when a design studio pivots from yachts to real estate?—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
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Last week, the couple was spotted sharing some PDA while aboard Perry's yacht, the Caravelle, off the coast of Santa Barbara.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Hull numbers provided by Japan's Defense Ministry identified the Russian vessels as the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, the corvette Gremyashchy and a replenishment ship.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Back on the Danish frigate, in the Nuuk Fjord, flanked by Greenland’s bleak mountains of sheer black rock, the boom of practicing naval artillery guns reverberates into the Arctic abyss, as fighter jets scream overhead.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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Inspired by the original 1926 Q Class sloop, known as Q7 Falcon, aka Lively Lady, which Peter sails regularly around San Diego.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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The Dash was a privateer schooner that vanished in 1815 and soon entered local legend as a ghost ship.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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Researchers discovered a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan 140 years ago, ending decades of searches for the elusive ghost ship.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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In nearby Bonavista village, the Matthew Legacy is a full-sized replica of the caravel that Cabot sailed across the Atlantic on the fateful voyage.—
JOE YOGERST,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Wreck 5 was built using a method known as caravel planking, where planks are placed end to end without overlapping, archaeologist and project leader Håkan Altrock said in the release.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The result is what seems to be a cross between a catamaran and a giant fishing pontoon with a large open deck measuring 900 ft² (83 m²) that can handle standard shipping containers weighing up to 30 tonnes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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With Sandals Ocho Rios, Sandals Dunn’s River, and Sandals Royal Plantation, the highlight is a catamaran cruise that ends with the island’s most famous falls.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The sailer is equipped with a self-tacking jib, too, enabling owners to take control in lieu of a crew.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 June 2025
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As of October 2023, more than 600 women were assigned to operational submarines as officers and sailers, according to the institute.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
16 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Those who prefer something more active can rent jet skis or head on a catboat tour in a two-person catamaran.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2024
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At the Seafire, everything from nautical motif chairs upholstered in international flags to a traditional wooden Cayman catboat and prints from local pop artist Dready are found beneath the lobby’s 20-foot ceiling, grounded by natural materials, like weathered wood and polished coral stone.—
Shayne Benowitz,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2024
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“Corvette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corvette. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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