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Recent Examples of navy
Multiple suits, to be exact — a pinstripe and a plain navy blazer with white piping.
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Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
The ship was built as a patrol vessel for the U.S. Navy in the 1940s and was transferred to Vietnam's navy before the Philippine military acquired it, Philippine navy Capt. John Percie Alcos said.
—CBS News, 5 May 2025
Choose these jeans in dark shades like navy, dark gray, and black, which add a more formal look.
—René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 4 May 2025
Prima thought she would be suited to a long coat that was navy or dark brown, in very soft wool.
—Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
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Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
The ship was built as a patrol vessel for the U.S. Navy in the 1940s and was transferred to Vietnam's navy before the Philippine military acquired it, Philippine navy Capt. John Percie Alcos said.
—CBS News, 5 May 2025
Choose these jeans in dark shades like navy, dark gray, and black, which add a more formal look.
—René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 4 May 2025
Prima thought she would be suited to a long coat that was navy or dark brown, in very soft wool.
—Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navy
Noun
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When an aid flotilla attempted to break a blockade of Gaza in 2010, Israeli forces stormed a Turkish ship, the Mavi Marmara, killing nine people on board.—
Sam Mednick and Renata Brito,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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The mental health therapy flotilla currently afloat is not prepared to handle it and is barely keeping above water as is.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trump has said the plane would be used solely by the Department of Defense during the transition to a new fleet of presidential aircraft and would later be donated to his presidential library.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
12 May 2025
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While Turkey has the third largest F-16 fleet in the world, Israel has the second.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Yet a shattering tragedy at around the film’s mid-point upsets that trajectory entirely, as their convoy of cars become stationary, and confrontations with mortality must be sought.—
David Katz,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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Driving a suburban family people mover, Luis obediently joins the shabby convoy of converted trucks heading away from the rave scene.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Retired Marine Gerry Berry was a helicopter pilot aboard the armada of American ships off the coast.—
David Martin,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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The joy of being in the friendliest of armadas certainly was infectious.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Navy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navy. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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