admirals

noun

plural of admiral
as in commanders
a high-ranking officer in the navy

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Recent Examples of admirals The job called for an officer with enough status to deal with admirals, generals, and prime ministers with noble titles. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 Pentagon officials had previewed that Hegseth would announce more cuts to the number of generals and admirals. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 The services have already been reducing the number of senior officers in part by consolidating commands and organizations, allowing some positions previously held by two generals or admirals to be overseen by one. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Since his appointment in January 2025, Hegseth has fired or blocked the promotions of more than 80 admirals and generals. — Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 The navies that embraced carrier aviation did not do it by convincing admirals that airplanes were interesting. — Pankaj Prasoon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Throughout this year, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been weakening the Navy’s leadership by blocking the promotion of nearly 20 admirals. — Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Overall, almost 60% of officers Hegseth has fired across the military have been women or Black; those groups account for less than 20% of generals and admirals. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 June 2026
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  1. commanders
  2. skippers
  3. captains
  4. pilots
Noun
  • More flexible communications could help commanders make better use of available radar coverage.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The video shows Putin wearing military uniform and greeting senior Russian commanders.
    — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of commanders
Noun
  • The American League and National League teams will be managed by John Schneider and Dave Roberts, respectively, the skippers of last year’s World Series clubs.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Ludwig says many breakfast skippers end up overeating at night.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 13 May 2026
Definition of skippers
Noun
  • For that flight, soon followed by four others, the Viceroy flew a distance of 596 meters over 30 seconds near Regent’s headquarters on Narragansett Bay, with two captains aboard.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Which feels perfectly symbolic of, well, the downfall of the team Mahomes captains.
    — Sam McDowell October 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of captains
Noun
  • Deloitte found only 25% of organizations have moved 40% or more of their AI pilots into production.
    — Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The law introduced stricter requirements for documenting aircraft safety assessments and evaluating how pilots interact with aircraft systems.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of pilots

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