sea captain

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Recent Examples of sea captain Rose Byrne stars as Linda, a therapist whose young daughter is chronically ill and whose husband, a sea captain, is away for long stretches, leaving her alone to deal alone with their child’s medical and emotional problems. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2025 That mindset has shaped my journey from sea captain to serial entrepreneur. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The film opens in the desolate Arctic, where Victor has chased his creation, and flashes back as Frankenstein relates his life’s story to a Danish sea captain whose ship is stuck in the ice. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025 In addition to sustaining farmers, sea captains, and fisherfolk for centuries, its rugged landscape has also lured generations of artists, not to mention deep-pocketed summer residents, preservationists, and patrons of the arts. Darrell Hartman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for sea captain
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea captain
Noun
  • Treatment was largely ad hoc and depended to a considerable degree on individual commanders, but customarily prisoners would be exchanged or placed on parole—granted their freedom but required by oath not to return to military action.
    Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Tom Homan, the administration’s border czar, was sent in to replace Greg Bovino, the controversial on-the-ground commander who critics say fueled conflict.
    Alicia Diaz, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Brown gives Espada autonomy on all lineup decisions, so the skipper’s words carry more cachet in this discussion.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • That could be merely some wishful thinking from the skipper, or it could be informed by the workouts and progress Thomson has seen up close.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Their captain’s contract expires in June, and there are doubts about his renewal.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Each team has a skip (a captain) and a vice-skip.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In 2021, one year into D’Amaro’s tenure and following COVID shutdowns, Disney did away with FastPass and introduced a confounding and very costly series of pay-to-skip passes, which require timing advanced booking of limited slots in these formerly free-to-enter shorter lines.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The neighborhood/area Most guests at Chablé skip over thesmall town of Chocholá where the resort is located.
    John Newton, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Along with being stripped of his royal titles and residence, Defense Secretary John Healey previously confirmed that Andrew lost his honorary rank as vice admiral in the Royal Navy.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The British government has also indicated that Andrew may be stripped of his honorary rank of vice admiral in the Royal Navy.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The military offers its officers a variety of opportunities to get graduate-level education both at war colleges run by the military as well as civilian institutions like Harvard.
    JOCELYN GECKER, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The trial is part of a broader push to hold more people accountable for a school shooting, a group that has grown to include parents and responding law enforcement officers.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • China had at least 30 generals and admirals at the start of 2023 who ran specialized departments and theater commands.
    New York Times, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • China’s military has undergone a sweeping anti-corruption purge in recent years, which has seen People’s Liberation Army generals, admirals, government ministers and other officials removed from their posts.
    Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Sea captain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20captain. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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