flagship

noun

Definition of flagshipnext
as in warship

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Recent Examples of flagship Satellite connectivity Recent flagship iPhones have gradually added a small suite of features that utilize satellite connectivity to make life a little easier and safer. — Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025 Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport is the airline' flagship terminal and this week it was announced that JetBlue is going to do a complete renovation. — Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2025 Following a post-election rally, the flagship digital currency touched $109,000 on inauguration day before falling in February. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025 The company will roll out 15 locations across major US cities, starting this year, while simultaneously expanding its UK footprint with a flagship venue in Soho this summer, following a record-breaking festive trading period in 2024, with London site sales up more than 25% year-on-year. — Lela London, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flagship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagship
  1. warship
  2. steamship
  3. barge
  4. superliner
  5. freighter
  6. corvette
  7. cruiser
  8. tanker
Noun
  • What's next: Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis, both Utah Republicans, want the option to build warships and major components overseas, in NATO countries and friendly Indo-Pacific areas (think Japan or South Korea).
    — Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
  • At the same time, Chinese warships have been sighted near Vietnam and Taiwan, part of a show of Chinese naval strength in the Pacific region that regularly rattles US allies.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of warship
Noun
  • The twentieth-century struggle for African independence began in Paris salons hosted by the daughters of elite blacks, then travelled by telegram and steamship.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Infected rats likely brought the disease from steamships to the shore.
    — Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • Last fall Vineyard Theatre premiered the Wind and the Rain: A Story About Sunny’s Bar, on a barge in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
    — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • On Saturday, dozens of spectators and journalists watched the tugs maneuver the barge into place while police kept boaters away from the site.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of barge
Noun
  • The bi-level superliner cars offer a higher vantage point, Magliari said.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024
  • With daily departures from Chicago Union station, the superliner service rumbles through Illinois chasing mile after mile of golden-red corn fields before thudding over the Mississippi river into Iowa.
    — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2022
Definition of superliner
Noun
  • Daryl was taken captive in Maine by a crew of French sailors and shipped back to France on a freighter ship.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Definition of freighter
Noun
  • The Philippines has ordered 10 vessels from South Korea's Hyundai heavy Industries, with the first—a corvette—expected to be delivered to the Southeast Asian country's navy this year.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
  • What To Know The Russian Pacific Fleet announced on Monday that two corvettes, the Rezky and the Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov, and a fleet oiler, the Pechenga, have departed from their Far Eastern naval base in the city of Vladivostok for a long voyage.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of corvette
Noun
  • According to Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), 27% of cruisers in the past two years are new to cruising and 82% of those who have cruised before plan on cruising again.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The weight made cornering a battle at the extremities of grip, but the GranTurismo is no Sunday cruiser.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of cruiser
Noun
  • The Russian captain of a cargo ship that crashed into a U.S. fuel tanker in the North Sea, appeared in a British court where he was charged with manslaughter and gross negligence.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Russian remanded in fatal sea collision LONDON -- The Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker last week appeared in a U.K. court Saturday where he was remanded in custody over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead.
    — Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of tanker

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