flagship

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Recent Examples of flagship The flagship issue reintroduces Mikey as the titular Last Ronin, the sole surviving member of the original Turtles, now in a brutalist alternate future loosely inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026 The controversies have led some legal observers and UF alumni to question whether Uthmeier is worthy of a faculty role at Florida’s flagship law school. Garrett Shanley Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026 Proceeds from the event support The 24 Hour Plays’ nonprofit activities throughout the year, including the expansion of The 24 Hour Plays Nationals, a flagship professional development program for early-career artists, to Los Angeles. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026 The high-intensity cardio and strength training facility the company’s flagship and home to its corporate headquarters at 6886 Bolsa Ave. Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flagship
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Noun
  • The United Kingdom is deploying its largest warship to the Arctic in order to deter Russian aggression in the region, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced.
    Zach LaChance, The Washington Examiner, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The dashboard looks like a sci-fi warship.
    Byron Hurd, The Drive, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Tom Townsend, a former Putnam County school superintendent, said his family operated steamship tours showcasing the Ocklawaha before construction of the dam.
    David Bauerlein, Florida Times-Union, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • It's then sent by barge to West Elizabeth.
    Mamie Bah, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The parents of the three Miami Yacht Club summer campers who were killed last summer when a 60-foot barge slammed into their sailboat sued the company that owns the barge, alleging negligence and irresponsible hiring.
    Milena Malaver, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • According to air cargo data provider Rotate, freighter capacity declined 10 percent globally week over week, as of Sunday.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.
    Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The trooper had removed the ladder, went back into his cruiser, and fastened his seatbelt when he was struck.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Close behind him in another cruiser was his younger brother, Trooper Noah Blanchette.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Grammy award-winning band was followed by a dozen corvettes carrying honorees and the university's new president, Dwayne Tucker.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • According to Davie fire officials, the crash involved two vehicles, including a fuel tanker, in the westbound lanes of I-595 east of Davie Road.
    Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The movie opens with marshland residents, including Lamia and Bibi, lining up far back and pressing urgently forward, jerricans in hand, to receive fresh water at a tanker truck from officials offering it as a gift from Hussein.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Today, the average time to get a container from a ship to a train is just under four days.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • To minimize seasickness, choose a stateroom on a lower deck in the middle of the ship.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026

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“Flagship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagship. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

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