flagship

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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
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Noun
  • It is designed with advanced stealth technology, combat command systems and firepower integration, the Chinese state media said, enhancing the warship's performance.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The second pitfall would be to imitate U.S. policy in recent decades, and spend vast sums on limited numbers of high-tech weapons platforms like fighter aircraft, battle tanks, and warships.
    Anatol Lieven, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Titanic was a luxury steamship that sank on April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Way back in 1880, Thomas Edison used one of his electric dynamos, which generated direct current, to power the lighting on the steamship SS Columbia.
    Chun-Lien Su, IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2019
Noun
  • Others were structures not intended for residential use but which had been cleverly repurposed, such as an industrial barge turned houseboat in Paris.
    Amy Astley, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Naval News reported that the ships could potentially link up with a landing barge's stern, enabling the rapid transfer of tanks and other vehicles.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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
Noun
  • Chris Cook, Maersk’s managing director for South Asia, told the Economic Times that the company would explore the potential and feasibility of investing in dedicated air freighters and partnerships in the green fuel segment in India.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The other is in December of 2004, the show’s current-day timeline where Desmond has landed on a freighter several miles offshore from the island where Oceanic Flight 815 crashed.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
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
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
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

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