sea captains

plural of sea captain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea captains
Noun
  • This cannot be a coincidence, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • By the summer of 2022, systems like the Bayraktar TB2 became less effective as air defenses increased and commanders began spreading their forces apart.
    Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Spotify has yet to confirm whether it's changed its limit of six skips per hour.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • His voice took a few beats to settle, but in the meantime who wouldn’t be captivated by Martin’s joyful skips, knee bends, winks and grins?
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bamboo basket boats swirl through the Bay Mau nipa palm forest—their skippers casting nets in the shade of swaying fronds.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Plants bloom throughout most of the year, attracting a diversity of skippers and butterflies, including Queens and the endangered Miami blue butterfly.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office What To Know Videos posted on social media after the shooting showed officers carrying Zinn from the scene as students can be heard screaming.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The expansive definitions of vagrancy, and the discretionary power that vagrancy laws conferred upon law enforcement officers as a result, date back to the colonial era.
    Time, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nine other members of the American team are there, under the watchful eye of Bradley and his vice-captains.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Sydney Lynch and Yorna Demiri, both senior captains for Peabody, were integral in the team’s victory.
    Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her solution is to reinstate many generals and admirals, invest in modern tools and incorporate technology.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
  • On Tinian, waiting for the Enola Gay’s return, a crowd of generals and admirals had gathered.
    David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Sea captains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20captains. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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