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Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
The dirigibles could be airborne aircraft carriers.
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
The Navy in August said the first control room was installed aboard the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush.
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Colin Demarest, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
There's also Larry Chambers, who during the war commanded the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Midway.
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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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 20 Feb. 2025.
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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