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of or relating to a country's navy
a naval base
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Recent Examples of naval
The test in Norway marked at least the third time the QUICKSINK weapon has been tested with the B-2 bomber, which dropped a 2,000-pound variant during a naval war game in Hawaii in July 2024 and used a 500-pound variant for a test in Florida.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of Homeland Security officials are expected to operate from a naval base outside Chicago.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
His uncle Leo, a naval engineer, noticed that his nephew was a budding tinkerer and gave him a Kodak photo-chemistry set for his sixth birthday.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
But the naval officers then on the rock were not there to spot shipwrecks, but to do research on what would become SOSUS, O’Neil says.
—A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Hundreds of Homeland Security officials are expected to operate from a naval base outside Chicago.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
His uncle Leo, a naval engineer, noticed that his nephew was a budding tinkerer and gave him a Kodak photo-chemistry set for his sixth birthday.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
But the naval officers then on the rock were not there to spot shipwrecks, but to do research on what would become SOSUS, O’Neil says.
—A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naval
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Counterterrorism strategies must continue to adapt to meet this evolving battleground, leveraging not only military and intelligence tools but also public-private partnerships with tech platforms, AI monitoring, and global diplomacy.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Since Ukraine is not part of NATO, Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 did not trigger Article 5, though the United States and other member states rushed to provide military and diplomatic assistance to Kyiv.—
Matt Spetalnick,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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After all, that martial label was good enough from George Washington to Harry Truman.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
11 Sep. 2025
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Taking its name from the 2002 HBO documentary about mixed-martial artist Mark Kerr, this film stars Johnson as the two-time UFC Heavyweight Tournament Champion.—
Tolly Wright,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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Specifically, the company is bringing together two often separated ecosystems into one seamless workflow, welding the gap between prior authorizations and post-service claims and coding validation.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Officials stressed that multi-service organizations are better equipped to survive than small, narrowly focused agencies.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The relevance of The Lord is impossible to ignore, especially in the character of a British journalist, who is extremely detached and mercenary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Both sides need mercenaries to survive and this box provides a campaign framework for running a mercenary company willing to die for that almighty C-Bill.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Naval.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naval. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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