as in sloop
a small and fast military ship
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Recent Examples of frigate
The agreement, the biggest of its kind in the countries’ history, involves the sale of 11 stealth frigates able to launch long-range missiles, significantly expanding Australia’s maritime defense capabilities.
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The first three Mogami-class frigates will be built overseas, Conroy said, with shipbuilding yards in Western Australia expected to produce the rest.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
The first three frigates will be built in Japan and are scheduled to be delivered in 2029, while the remainder will be built by Austal in Western Australia.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Built in 1749 in Chichester, England, the ship was originally known as the HMS Hind, a 24-gun frigate that served in the British Royal Navy.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The first three Mogami-class frigates will be built overseas, Conroy said, with shipbuilding yards in Western Australia expected to produce the rest.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
The first three frigates will be built in Japan and are scheduled to be delivered in 2029, while the remainder will be built by Austal in Western Australia.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Built in 1749 in Chichester, England, the ship was originally known as the HMS Hind, a 24-gun frigate that served in the British Royal Navy.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frigate
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From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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An avuncular figure in his 70s with the physique of a man who has enjoyed life, Pier Luigi fell in love with sailing in his late teens, when a family friend took him for a cruise in a sloop.—
Paul Croughton,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2025
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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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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.—
Jennifer Larino,
NOLA.com,
6 Mar. 2018
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The same year the Earl of Chatham was discovered in Scotland, a storm in Massachusetts exposed a wrecked schooner from 1909, another on North Carolina’s Outer Banks’s revealed the remains of a boat from 1919 and storms in Maine resurfaced yet another 18th century vessel on a beach.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 Aug. 2025
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The source is a wooden schooner named the James R. Bentley that's been sitting in Lake Huron for nearly 150 years.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The smaller craft outmaneuvered the two larger ships, causing the 1,500-ton China coast guard vessel—a converted Chinese navy corvette—to slam into the side of the 7,500-ton warship.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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This can all quickly change if the Navy gets real about their fuel demands, acknowledges the Pacific will be contested, and confronts the looming logistical challenge of keeping vast numbers of autonomous corvettes and other small support craft operational in a conflict.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Design firm Yabu Pushelberg created interiors that feel more like a private yacht than a city hotel.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Those sailing aboard The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s 226-suite Luminara yacht can count Singapore as a spectacular port of call.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
3 Sep. 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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Wreck 5 was built using a method known as caravel planking, where planks are placed end to end without overlapping, archaeologist and project leader Håkan Altrock said in the release.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Contemporary sources suggested that cannon fire struck a stash of gunpowder aboard the San José, triggering a massive explosion that caused the ship to sink, but more recent research points to the galleon splitting open.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
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There’s no music, either, to soften or ennoble proceedings, only the indifferent murmur of weather over the startling debris of human conflict, or the slow creak of a galleon on lapping waters as sailors are sent cruelly to their deaths.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
28 May 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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