navy

noun

Definition of navynext
as in flotilla

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Recent Examples of navy And they've been obliterated, their navy and their air force. — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026 Mexico's navy released an image of Alvarez on social media after his arrest. — CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026 The navy wash, clean and tight, lets red sneakers, heels, or ballet flats step in as the main character with ease. — Alex Sales, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2026 And Iran’s already outdated navy and air force has been further degraded. — Javed Ali, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for navy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for navy
  1. flotilla
  2. fleet
  3. convoy
  4. armada
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  • His time in the military included multiple stints working reconnaissance, at one point slipping across the front line to report on the status of the Red Army’s Volga flotilla.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Cleopatra and Julius Caesar sailed the river with a 400-ship flotilla.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of flotilla
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  • Some of the fleet’s older satellites suffered from atomic clock failures, rendering them partially or totally unusable.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Musk later responded to a post describing the decision as the end of an era, saying the existing Cybertruck fleet would remain around for a long time, without providing details about future production plans.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of fleet
Noun
  • Al-Shabab said its fighters ambushed a convoy advancing into territory under its control.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Future of separatism Keith Wilson, another Alberta independence leader who was lead counsel for the 2022 convoy organizers, said separatists see the vote as a way to give Alberta more leverage in dealing with Ottawa, even short of independence.
    — Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of convoy
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  • Kemen has forced the locals, including Theo, to chop down the surrounding forest in the service of building an armada.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Not an inciting event for troll armadas to threaten the people involved.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of armada

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