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Recent Examples of navy
As a navy officer, Christopher served around the world with his wife and family in tow.
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Choose from neutrals like beige, gray, coffee, and navy, or add a pop of color with multiple shades of green, pink, blue, and red that come with or without stripes.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Scheffler trailed by two strokes before unleashing a 6-iron on his 18th-hole approach, leaving just 2 feet, 7 inches for an eagle putt that was slightly complicated by wind gusts flapping his navy pants.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Harry, for his part, wore a gray cap, a navy button-up shirt, black jeans, and green suede sneakers with a white sole.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Choose from neutrals like beige, gray, coffee, and navy, or add a pop of color with multiple shades of green, pink, blue, and red that come with or without stripes.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Scheffler trailed by two strokes before unleashing a 6-iron on his 18th-hole approach, leaving just 2 feet, 7 inches for an eagle putt that was slightly complicated by wind gusts flapping his navy pants.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Harry, for his part, wore a gray cap, a navy button-up shirt, black jeans, and green suede sneakers with a white sole.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navy
Noun
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Trump has referred to aircraft carriers and their accompanying destroyers as armadas and flotillas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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After World War I, the US Navy operated the Yangtze Patrol, a flotilla of gunboats that protected American interests – including missionaries and oil companies – inside China during a lengthy period of warlordism and instability.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This past holiday season, to keep up with the Black Friday and Christmas demand, the company added 30% capacity to its robotic fleet.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Asics Superblast 3, which has been announced for a March launch, switches from the FlyteFoam Turbo Plus midsole of its predecessor to FF Leap, the most advanced foam in Asics’ fleet that comes over from its Metaspeed Sky/Edge Tokyo and Metaspeed Ray super shoes.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The convoy’s destination was another city, about two hundred miles away.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
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Subtle patterning on the center of the jersey shows both a golden lion and ships from the legendary 1715 Treasure Fleet, a convoy carrying New World wealth back to Spain before a hurricane sank 11 of its 12 ships.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Trump has referred to aircraft carriers and their accompanying destroyers as armadas and flotillas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Iran will conduct live-fire military drills next week in the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump announced a U.S. armada was on its way to the region amid escalating tensions with Tehran.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Navy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navy. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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