navies

noun

plural of navy
as in flotillas

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  1. flotillas
  2. fleets
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  • Brian Hurley predicts, meanwhile, that as more independent astronauts from around the world begin occupying the orbital rings closest to Earth, SpaceX could move to connect up small flotillas of Starships into larger interlinked clusters.
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The ships will enter Boston Harbor in flotillas and turn around near Charlestown before docking.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Definition of flotillas
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  • The spacecraft there are one-of-a-kind or operate in small fleets.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, CoreWeave operates within the high-yield market with a Ba3 rating, relying on complex private debt structures to finance its GPU hardware fleets.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Definition of fleets
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