as in sloop
a small and fast military ship
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Recent Examples of frigate
The Royal Navy's Atlantic Bastion plan, for example, aims at monitoring the security of the North Atlantic with eight Type 26 frigates commanding a much larger fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).
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New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
While that’s not deep enough for container ships or aircraft carriers, DeJesus said the potential draw is for small-market ships like frigates or mine sweepers.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
The first Type 26 frigates are still being built, meaning the joint fleet will not start patrols until the late 2020s or early 2030s.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
When the Russian ship later sailed through the English Channel in January, it was followed by HMS Somerset, a frigate assigned to homeland defense in the waters around Britain.
—CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
While that’s not deep enough for container ships or aircraft carriers, DeJesus said the potential draw is for small-market ships like frigates or mine sweepers.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
The first Type 26 frigates are still being built, meaning the joint fleet will not start patrols until the late 2020s or early 2030s.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
When the Russian ship later sailed through the English Channel in January, it was followed by HMS Somerset, a frigate assigned to homeland defense in the waters around Britain.
—CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frigate
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Renowned British designer Malcolm McKeon, famous for creating elegant, unfussy sailing yachts, penned the exterior, combining the sleekness and balance of a sloop with the volume and comfort of a superyacht.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History On Nov. 16, 1776, the Andrew Doria brigantine arrived in the Caribbean on the British colony St. Eustatius, waving the first national flag of the United States.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
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The bones belonged to Henry Goodsell, the captain of another 19th-century schooner.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Although rescuers successfully saved the entire crew and their captain (who shared the schooner’s name), the vessel wasn’t so lucky.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
28 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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Set in the aftermath of apocalypse, Postscript follows West, who’s been surviving for some time on a yacht with an unknowable Captain off the coast of what turns out to be New England.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Simply book your villa and let the concierge team handle the rest, from private flights and yacht charters to in-villa wine tastings and celebration-level planning—leaving you free to focus on the important things, like deciding which drink comes first.—
Molly Barstein,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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In this age of discovery, new maritime technologies including the caravel, information tools like the printing press, and changes in the process of loaning money all helped contribute to an upswell of European traders looking for new markets to conquer by force.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 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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Alas, as anyone who’s ever played a JRPG might expect of a journey aboard a massive flying galleon, the Sullys’ convoy is attacked in the sky, and their family is scattered into a small handful of different factions that spend the rest of the movie trying to reunite.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Dec. 2025
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The galleon, which sank in the Caribbean Sea in 1708 during an attack by a British fleet, has been the subject of intense scrutiny and international disputes since it was discovered in 2015.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
23 Nov. 2025
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While the climactic smackdown pits Wonder Woman vs. full feral Cheetah, an earlier fight at the White House is the real pinnace of their rivalry, presenting both Gadot and Wiig as physical powerhouses.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
15 Dec. 2020
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“Frigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frigate. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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