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
  • The service is also working through practical challenges, including how drones will be deployed and maintained, how pilots will manage their workload, and how commanders can trust autonomous aircraft to behave predictably in complex environments.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 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
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  • 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
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  • This is a call to action for this new cohort of captains to continue the legacy set before them by decades of philanthropists.
    — Melissa Stevens, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Leaders of the club tennis team apologized to other team captains and took responsibility for sending the racist graphics, the statement said.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of captains
Noun
  • Seats designed for impact ANH Structure will design, develop, certify and manufacture a common seating platform for Valo’s pilots, observers and passengers.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The capacity of remote pilots to steer mid- and long-range drones varies.
    — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pilots

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“Admirals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admirals. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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