flagship

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Recent Examples of flagship Lawmakers and advocacy groups have raised alarms about Trump's flagship immigration policy. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 The investors claim that Macy’s real estate, including its flagship store at Herald Square in New York City, is worth up to $9 billion on the open market, nearly double Macy’s closing market value Monday of $4.7 billion. Nathaniel Meyersohn and Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024 People walk past the Macy’s Herald Square flagship store in New York City, Nov. 29, 2024. Rohan Goswami,melissa Repko, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024 The latter is the cheapest, taking some of the highlights from the flagship lineup and putting it in a more affordable body, lowering the price. Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flagship 
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Noun
  • Tokyo has been enhancing its island defense capabilities, including developing a stealthy missile capable of conducting long-range attacks to sink invading warships.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The call between the two top military leaders was not made public until Wednesday, a day after the Russian defense ministry announced that Russian warships in the that area had launched hypersonic missiles at an undisclosed target area in international waters of that body of water.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Writer David Wolman tells a story that in many ways mirrors that of the Titanic: a giant gleaming steamship full of illustrious passengers, concerns over its safety drowned out by media buzz and undue faith in its engineering.
    Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The discovery of the steamship Le Lyonnais was recently announced by Atlantic Wreck Salvage (AWS).
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The filing also details acquisitions, including the purchase of 13 inland tank barges and two high horsepower towboats for $65.2 million.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The company initially built tugboats to tow offshore oil rigs and barges through the criss-cross of bayous and canals.
    Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024
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
  • In 2024 through September, Boeing delivered thirty eight MAX aircraft to China, and in July two 777 freighters to Air China.
    Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Three freighters sank that day: the Anna C. Minch, William B. Davock and Novadoc.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • On November 3, 2024, a detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet consisting of corvettes Gromky, Rezky and Hero of Russia Aldar Tsydenzhapov and support vessel Pechenga arrived on a friendly call at the port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya.
    Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • According to Anton Gerashchenko, a former advisor to the interior ministry in Kyiv, the explosion damaged three ships, including two Gepard-class frigates—the fleet’s biggest ships—as well as a smaller Buyan corvette.
    David Axe, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • That somewhat unusually lengthy rear suspension travel makes highway riding smooth and comfortable without feeling numb or harsh as some cruisers can due to too-short rear travel.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • While acceleration was steady and without lag or lurch, the E-Class could not escape its comfortable cruiser status.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Five tanker trucks were initially requested to the scene through an area tanker task force before five additional tankers were requested.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Oxygen tankers are being delivered regularly to supply the mine shaft, and crews have made progress entering the underground area.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024

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“Flagship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagship. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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