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Besides the Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy has sent another aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, to the Western Pacific Ocean last week.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
The bulk of the Pentagon’s investment funds still go to large platforms like aircraft carriers, bombers, fighter planes, and armored vehicles, and the members of Congress from states and districts where these systems are built want to keep it that way.
—William Hartung, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
The liner will join a group of other vessels that have become artificial reefs in the Gulf region, including the USS Oriskany, a 888-foot-long U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk 22.5 nautical miles off the Pensacola Pass in May 2006.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
Only the United States Navy operates aircraft carriers bigger than the Fujian.
—Edward Szekeres and Brad Lendon, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
aircraft carrier
noun
: a warship with a deck from which aircraft can take off and on which they can land
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