flagship

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Recent Examples of flagship The brand’s unit that opened last fall on 50 Boulevard de la Croisette marked the first Fendi Casa flagship in the French market and a key step in the firm’s development plan for the category and its global expansion. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 12 May 2026 The Sistas spinoff premiered in 2022, and according to Ellis, Perry had the idea for a series about Zac and Fatima while filming the flagship BET+ drama. Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026 Stop at the Stonewall Kitchen flagship store, set just off the highway, to pick up some picnic items. Amy Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026 The trio hosted nearly 100 guests in California from May 6 to 9, across four days of presentations, screenings, and meet-ups — held not only at its flagship Vidiots but also at the Academy Museum, Los Feliz 3, Brain Dead Studios, and Alamo DTLA. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for flagship
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Noun
  • For the first time, officials confirmed that the large warship will use nuclear power and act as a heavily armed command ship for future naval operations.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
  • Cybele Mayes-Osterman Britain is deploying a warship to the Middle East to prepare for a joint operation to open the Strait of Hormuz, the country's defense ministry confirmed on May 9.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • For those escaping to Philadelphia from regions nearer to Pennsylvania, clandestine travel by small boat or by road was more likely than stowing away on a steamship.
    Jeremy Mennis, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
  • Scheidt’s family were members of the German-Jewish bourgeoisie (a distant cousin, Albert Ballin, was general director of what became the world’s largest steamship line).
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The fact that a humpback whale had been dredged out for days by volunteers, corralled into a barge and released into the North Sea demonstrated a collective good will toward nature that can seem all too rare.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • The reusable first-stage booster was designed to land on a nearby barge.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,300-foot section of the southbound span to collapse.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • The Russian freighter, known as Progress 95, is hauling about 3 tons of food, propellant and other supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Trainor, killed at the age of 30 when a wrong-way driver crashed into his cruiser on Route 1 northbound early Wednesday morning in Lynnfield, joins hundreds of other officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty across Massachusetts.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
  • The neighborhood/area A prime location on a leafy street one mile from Kennebunkport’s buzzy Dock Square allows guests to skip the hassles of summer traffic and parking and use free cruiser bikes to visit downtown’s lobster shacks, bars, and boutiques.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The alleged incident occurred in March 2010, when the South Korean Navy Pohang-class corvette ROKS Cheonan exploded near the sea border with North Korea.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • On May 6, a Navy jet fired several rounds from its 20mm cannon to disable the rudder of a tanker.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • China's Foreign Ministry expressed concern, saying the tanker was registered in the Marshall Islands with Chinese crew on board.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The Giants ship edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux out of town before the NFL trade deadline.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
  • By now, half the world has registered an opinion on Kylie Jenner’s nipple-forward Venus de Milo homage or the clipper ship perched on Madonna’s head at this year’s Met Gala.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026

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“Flagship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagship. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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