galley

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Recent Examples of galley The main deck is also equipped with a new sliding glass door and an electronic hi-low window that separates the dining and living area from the galley and wheelhouse. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2025 Another installation simulates the interior of Aquarius Reef Base, complete with bunks, galley tables and stories from Scripps Oceanography researchers like Dale Stokes and Jim Leichter, who’ve completed multiple missions there. Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025 One of the women watched Wenger’s sentencing hearing from the courtroom galley. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025 Tap the main shutter button in the center to turn autoscan on or off, and the image icon on the left to pick a page from your phone galley. David Nield, Popular Science, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for galley
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galley
Noun
  • Their $500 million mega yacht, Koru, was anchored nearby, but the couple reportedly spent most of their time on land.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The Coral Gables man operating the boat that ran over and killed a 15-year-old girl wakeboarding behind a yacht in Biscayne Bay pleaded guilty to misdemeanor careless-boating charges Monday in a Miami-Dade County court.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Anguilla's rich sailing history comes alive while exploring the island's coastline on a classic Caribbean sloop.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • When the schooner was just off the coast of El Salvador, a tramp steamer spotted them and finally supplied fresh water.
    Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Ella is shocked to suddenly find Nick (Brown), a sailor and local Newport historian, aboard her schooner and accuses him of being a stowaway.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • This new 164-foot catamaran has blown the Galápagos Islands’ charter offerings wide open.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Mike Field on his sailing canoe–a sort of hybrid catamaran and canoe.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Coast Guard cutter Thunder Bay was also diverted to assist the search.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The mission covered about 1,000 square miles using multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats over a 24-hour period.
    Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The court, Mediazona said, issued a statement about the sentencing of a Ukrainian navy commander who ordered strikes against the Moskva and another ship, the Admiral Essen frigate.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Japan has long banned arms exports but has significantly eased restrictions in recent years and is now developing next-generation fighter jets with the UK and Italy while finalizing a deal to sell frigates to Australia.
    Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Galley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galley. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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