navies

noun

plural of navy
as in flotillas

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  1. flotillas
  2. fleets
Noun
  • According to Euronews, the ships belonged to the German Kriegsmarine’s Danube and Black Sea flotillas, which were intentionally sunk as German forces retreated before the advancing Soviet Red Army during the final months of World War II.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Brian Hurley predicts, meanwhile, that as more independent astronauts from around the world begin occupying the orbital rings closest to Earth, SpaceX could move to connect up small flotillas of Starships into larger interlinked clusters.
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of flotillas
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  • For example, less than 30% of the fleets had publicly available location information, and less than 25% had a unique vessel identification number.
    — Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Escalating insurance premiums and rising bunker fuel expenses are placing additional operational pressure on tanker fleets.
    — , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of fleets
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“Navies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navies. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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