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Recent Examples of flagship
Features like taking down mechanical beasts by targeting weaknesses, keeping elemental resistances in mind, and severing specific limbs to craft gear are all resonant in PlayStation’s flagship series.
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Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
Initio’s flagship in France, called Le 320, is on Paris’ Rue Saint-Honoré.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025
As a result, even expensive flagship phones could quickly fall behind and miss out on features and security fixes.
—Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2025
Nestlé’s creamer lineup has exploded, with new flavors from Starbucks, Natural Bliss and, of course, its flagship Coffee-mate brand.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
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Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
Initio’s flagship in France, called Le 320, is on Paris’ Rue Saint-Honoré.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025
As a result, even expensive flagship phones could quickly fall behind and miss out on features and security fixes.
—Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2025
Nestlé’s creamer lineup has exploded, with new flavors from Starbucks, Natural Bliss and, of course, its flagship Coffee-mate brand.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flagship
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As recently as the 1990s, the United Nations embargo on Iraq relied on warships patrolling the Persian Gulf.—
Edward Fishman,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The prohibition against women serving on warships ended in 1993, opening the door for officers like Admiral Franchetti to compete equally with their male counterparts.—
John Ismay,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Infected rats likely brought the disease from steamships to the shore.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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Fitzcarraldo Year: 1982 Runtime: 2h 37m Director: Werner Herzog Werner Herzog set out to make a movie about a man who was insane enough to try and move a steamship over land from one river to another and Herzog himself was insane enough to actually try and replicate it.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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Last winter, after a Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk crashed into the bay, the helicopter was lifted from 15 feet of water and stabilized on a barge.—
Kristina Davis,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The top to-do item for Blue Origin is flying New Glenn again—and recovering the giant rocket's first stage by landing it on an autonomous landing barge (named Jacklyn for Bezos' mother).—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
12 Feb. 2025
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The bi-level superliner cars offer a higher vantage point, Magliari said.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2024
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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
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The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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To counter this, construction magnate turned shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser proposed to the US government the building of a new class of seaplane bigger than anything previously conceived that would essentially be an airborne freighter.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
25 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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The Union-Tribune is researching a story about Navy cruisers, a type of vessel that is being phased out of existence after more than 140 years of service.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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The troopers were outside their cruisers at the time and were uninjured.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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The measures quickly disrupted the flow of sanctioned Russian oil to China and India, with millions of barrels now left floating on tankers as few want to risk American enforcement actions.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The vessels in question are not modern, but rather are primarily aging fuel tankers.—
Dominique Soguel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Flagship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flagship. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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