as in mariners
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the sailors were glad to be arriving in port after their long voyage
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Recent Examples of sailors
Old Baldy has guided sailors since 1817 and is now a tourist site that includes a keeper's cottage with museum exhibits.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Where at one time soldiers and sailors made do with fluttering flags or flashes of light to send simple messages, the modern warfighter is part of a global digital network where data rushes about like water out of a firehose and satellites act as a vital link in that network.
—New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2025
Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Officials say the group, with about 4,500 sailors and Marines, is capable not only of stopping traffickers at sea but also of projecting ground forces ashore if ordered.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
More than 20,000 sailors, soldiers, Marines and Department of Defense civilians live and work on the installation, which also houses the Navy’s only boot camp, according to federal prosecutors.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
There’s no shortage of tourist boats (including the hop-on, hop-off Batobus), but for one that targets tiny sailors, check out Vedettes de Paris, which leads relaxing, one-hour excursions aboard fully electric boats, and caters specifically to passengers between 6 and 13.
—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
His aim was not to antagonize Africans, but to aid sailors.
—Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Four destroyers carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles and more than 4,500 Marines and sailors are deployed in the area.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Where at one time soldiers and sailors made do with fluttering flags or flashes of light to send simple messages, the modern warfighter is part of a global digital network where data rushes about like water out of a firehose and satellites act as a vital link in that network.
—New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2025
Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Officials say the group, with about 4,500 sailors and Marines, is capable not only of stopping traffickers at sea but also of projecting ground forces ashore if ordered.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
More than 20,000 sailors, soldiers, Marines and Department of Defense civilians live and work on the installation, which also houses the Navy’s only boot camp, according to federal prosecutors.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
There’s no shortage of tourist boats (including the hop-on, hop-off Batobus), but for one that targets tiny sailors, check out Vedettes de Paris, which leads relaxing, one-hour excursions aboard fully electric boats, and caters specifically to passengers between 6 and 13.
—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
His aim was not to antagonize Africans, but to aid sailors.
—Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Four destroyers carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles and more than 4,500 Marines and sailors are deployed in the area.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailors
Noun
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While this may cause some disruptions for those located along the northern shorelines and nearby mariners, land impacts will be to a lesser extent with the current path compared to a direct track into the Big Island.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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In their campaign so far, the Houthis have sunk four vessels and killed at least eight mariners.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Designed to help European navigators at sea, the map distorted landmasses by enlarging regions near the poles such as North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
23 Aug. 2025
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Bob had to be valiant, dictatorial, curious, ever listening, wily, playful, deluded, strategic, flirtatious, fallible, political, and willing to protect and persevere against all doubters, critics, compass navigators, naysayers well intentioned or not.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Aug. 2025
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There are no shortage of headlines about the alarming numbers of soldiers and seamen and Marines being overweight.—
Noelle Wiehe,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Sailors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailors. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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