as in mariners
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the sailors were glad to be arriving in port after their long voyage
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Recent Examples of sailors
The original bell was replaced on the underwater ship with a replica, engraved with the 29 sailors' names on it.
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Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Paramount is definitely clearing its deck, along with plenty of sailors jumping — and being pushed — over the side.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
Later that day, the entire team visited the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, where hundreds of active-duty sailors observed the Chargers’ walk-through, participated in drills, met with players and coaches, and showed the team around the carrier.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Much of this arises from the novel, though Shelley must have left out the part where the Creature kills several sailors with his bare hands and gets blunderbussed off the side of the ship, seemingly to his death.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
No doubt some sailors noticed that compass needles no longer pointed toward the magnetic north pole during auroras.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
No sailors were killed in any of those mishaps.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Bacon takes his time getting to the fateful voyage; there are myriad sidebars of varying interest on topics such as Great Lakes shipping and the rise of taconite, two lake wrecks that foreshadowed the Fitz, even the sailors’ favorite watering holes.
—Kevin Duchschere, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Paramount is definitely clearing its deck, along with plenty of sailors jumping — and being pushed — over the side.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
Later that day, the entire team visited the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, where hundreds of active-duty sailors observed the Chargers’ walk-through, participated in drills, met with players and coaches, and showed the team around the carrier.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Much of this arises from the novel, though Shelley must have left out the part where the Creature kills several sailors with his bare hands and gets blunderbussed off the side of the ship, seemingly to his death.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
No doubt some sailors noticed that compass needles no longer pointed toward the magnetic north pole during auroras.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
No sailors were killed in any of those mishaps.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Bacon takes his time getting to the fateful voyage; there are myriad sidebars of varying interest on topics such as Great Lakes shipping and the rise of taconite, two lake wrecks that foreshadowed the Fitz, even the sailors’ favorite watering holes.
—Kevin Duchschere, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailors
Noun
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By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The alert calls for heightened caution from mariners, especially in shallow waters.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nurse navigators also identify potential barriers to care, such as language differences, financial limitations, or lack of access to resources.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
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Thus, it is easily seen and identified and is of great interest and value to navigators.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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There are no shortage of headlines about the alarming numbers of soldiers and seamen and Marines being overweight.—
Noelle Wiehe,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Sailors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailors. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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