dreadnought

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Recent Examples of dreadnought Because that standard has remained impeccable for two generations of players, with a third — Clark, Reese et.al — on deck, likely to add to the dreadnought in 2028, when the Summer Games will be in Los Angeles. David Aldridge, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024 Yamaha The guitar rocks a dreadnought shape with a lower cut for higher fret access, and features a Sitka spruce top with mahogany back and sides. Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024 Michelle Yeoh to Reprise Role from 'Star Trek: Discovery' in New 'Star Trek' Movie: 'Dream Come True' On Discovery, Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) cooked up a creative solution for getting rid of the giant Breen dreadnought ship that loomed nearby. Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024 So the potential third installment will involve Kora and company tracking her down, while also seeking allies from surrounding planets now that there’s a blueprint for taking down Imperium dreadnoughts. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024 But the Pac-12’s once-mighty dreadnought, horribly captained, the geniuses who denied access to Texas and Oklahoma, went down in its own sea of incompetence and arrogance. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023 Can Doukeris change this dreadnought’s direction? Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2021 Available in dreadnought and concert styles. Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020 What forces have brought this dreadnought to our shores? Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreadnought
Noun
  • But staff say whales have been spotted in the area, with humpbacks finally making a return after a 25-year absence.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
  • The House Natural Resources Committee has also suggested weakening the Marine Mammal Protection Act with an apparent intent to unravel protections for species like the North Atlantic right whale and the Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale.
    Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Call of Cthulhu flipped a lot of gaming conventions on their head with characters that degraded over time and scenarios that rewarded fleeing monsters instead of slaying them.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Murphy also ordered the feds to provide the monsters with interpreters and counsel.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images Mexico has gone without loss thus far in the 2025 Gold Cup, though things have been far from perfect for the CONCACAF giants, as Mexico narrowly defeated the Dominican Republic 3-2 in its Gold Cup opener.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • Now, the search giant is throwing a revenue bone to those sites.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • In the chaotic aftermath of the strike, roughly 75 percent of all species worldwide went extinct, including the non-avian dinosaurs.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
  • But finding small dinosaurs like this is much rarer, partly because they’re overlooked by fossil hunters searching for bigger, more impressive dinosaurs and partly because smaller skeletons are more likely to be ripped apart by predators and scavengers.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Young, hip crowds take selfies while corporate titans look to ink deals.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • While Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola are both titans of filmmaking, especially helping to start the modern Golden Age of Hollywood, Sofia Coppola ushered in the 21st century of women auteurs.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Stunning pictures show a female baby mammoth, dating back over 130,000 years, recently being dissected by Russian scientists.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In March 2025, Colossal unveiled its woolly mouse, engineered to carry genes for the mammoth's characteristic thick, golden coat and accelerated fat metabolism.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 24 May 2025

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

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