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pinnaces

noun

plural of pinnace

as in brigantines

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Over the past decade, Beijing has rapidly expanded its navy by launching modern destroyers, frigates, amphibious assault ships, and aircraft carriers at an unprecedented pace.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Berlin is reportedly planning to scrap a multi-billion-euro project to build the F126 frigates, in which Rheinmetall was expected to become the lead contractor.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 24 June 2026

Definition of frigates

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The clothes appear in the environment for which they were designed - super yachts, Mediterranean resorts, sports cars and beach clubs—allowing lifestyle to do much of the selling.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
And, because small ships and yachts aren’t married to cruise terminals, the itineraries can be far more creative and far more flexible if weather or other boats get in the way of an authentic or comfortable experience, notes Schroeder.

— Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 28 July 2026

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Merchant galleons coursing into the port of Caldera would be groaning with cacao, tobacco, livestock and hardwoods, transported down by mule from the transit hub of Esparza in the mountain basin above.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The Spanish, who had at first just flitted along the coast in their galleons, had begun marching inland and overland from Mexico with crosses and soldiers and soldiers’ families.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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The 14-story neo-Gothic structure (nicknamed the Jewelers Building) once housed five floors alone of diamond cutters, goldsmiths, and other jewelers, with the rest of the building dedicated to other places for wealthy Detroiters to splurge.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026
Highly integrated, the company’s teams range from leather artisans and pattern cutters to engineers, architects and retail staff.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

Definition of cutters

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Low interest rates let venture capitalists fund nonsense web businesses and let banks provide junk loans to borrowers with terrible credit.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
The crash could reveal new information about what happens in the immediate aftermath of an impact on the lunar surface and offer insights into the hazards of errant space junk to the moon.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 20 July 2026

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