flagships

Definition of flagshipsnext
plural of flagship

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Noun
  • Correcting An Expensive Mistake Designed as a new class of multi-mission stealth warships, the Zumwalt-class was meant to meet the congressional mandate for a warship that offered the naval fire support of a battleship.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Italy would be allowed to prohibit migrant ships from entering Italian waters for up to 30 days, the Associated Press reported.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The Navy has had 11 ships, including the Ford and several amphibious assault ships with thousands of Marines, in South American waters for months.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For mean reversion traders, this post-volatility environment is a goldmine.
    Nishant Pant, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
  • To put it in perspective, $2 trillion was wiped off the market cap of software companies last week, which traders thought might be decimated by AI companies replacing them.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Flagships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagships. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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