flagship

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Recent Examples of flagship Young Musicians Unite’s flagship band Undercover delivered a high-energy performance as the opener at the annual holiday concert at the Kaseya Center presented by iHeartRadio and Y100. Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026 In Austin, Scott operates several brick-and-mortar locations, including the brand's flagship store on South Congress Avenue, as well as stores at The Domain and on North Lamar Boulevard. Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026 Shazeer now serves as co-lead for Google’s flagship AI model Gemini, while De Freitas is a research scientist at Google DeepMind. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026 That could mean the end for one of the most fabled department stores in history, whose flagship store on Fifth Avenue, considered by some to be its most valuable asset, has become a global destination. Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flagship
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Noun
  • The warship’s presence around the UK will also contribute to wider maritime security operations.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Smith made history as the first Black Commanding Officer of a Canadian warship in 2014 and the first Black commanding officer of the unit in 2021.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • As the ship’s pilot, Smalls took charge and ordered the crew to light the fires that fueled the steamship.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The steamship was capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers and crew.
    Raul A. Reyes, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Holding a drone show in its place would not require a barge and would cost $80,000 to $100,000, said Amy Jean-Baptiste, the city Parks and Recreation Deputy Director.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.
    Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The Edmund Fitzgerald, once a record-setting freighter on the Great Lakes, sank in a November storm in 1975, taking all 29 crew members with her.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In the footage, Officer Hunter Weaver is seen stepping out of his cruiser and twice ordering a man, later identified as Frank Mejia Aguilar, to show his hands, once using an expletive.
    Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Deputies Shayne Leggett and Andrew Daymut were on the scene attempting to corral the determined emu using catch poles, while dispatchers monitored the unfolding situation via live feeds from the deputies’ cruiser cameras and body cameras.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Hull numbers provided by Japan's Defense Ministry identified the Russian vessels as the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, the corvette Gremyashchy and a replenishment ship.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This can all quickly change if the Navy gets real about their fuel demands, acknowledges the Pacific will be contested, and confronts the looming logistical challenge of keeping vast numbers of autonomous corvettes and other small support craft operational in a conflict.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Putin is yet to comment on the developments related to the tanker, which the US had previously sanctioned for carrying illicit Iranian oil.
    Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Fox News was first to report that SEALs seized the tanker.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The ship returned to PortMiami as scheduled Saturday morning, according to Carnival chief communications officer Chris Chiames.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In short, Australia is developing an autonomous underwater surveillance network using local technology and ship platforms to monitor its northern approaches more effectively.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025

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“Flagship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagship. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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