admirals

noun

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

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Recent Examples of admirals 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 However, many say graft has only worsened under the aegis of generals and admirals. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 3 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 Navy admirals and secretaries of defense and interior are among those who have snorkeled at Pearl Harbor, an unnamed former government diver told the AP, noting the excursions are educational in nature. — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 Phelan's departure puts him on a list of over 30 Pentagon officials who have been ousted since Hegseth's arrival at the Pentagon, many of them generals and admirals. — Npr Staff, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026 Hegseth also has fired several other top generals, admirals and defense leaders since taking office last year. — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026 These are not the polished relics of admirals and officers but the everyday possessions of working men who fought and died aboard a burning warship. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026 Pentagon officials have not given a reason for the departure, which is the latest of more than a dozen firings of top generals and admirals. — Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admirals
  1. commanders
  2. skippers
  3. captains
  4. pilots
Noun
  • Rather than immediately exposing maneuver forces to direct contact, Russian commanders typically first attempt to inflict sufficient losses on Ukrainian defenders to make the subsequent assault more manageable.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • During the first hour, pine grove owners urged fire commanders to light a backfire a few hundred yards from Le Porge.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 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
  • Wideout/linebacker Sawyer Haley, wideout/defensive back Levi Carlucci and lineman Jaysson Pittman are the team’s senior captains.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Kansas junior quarterback Cole Ballard has been voted one of five team captains for the 2026 college football season, the KU football program announced Wednesday night on social media site X.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of captains
Noun
  • This is why counting AI pilots tells us little about whether an organization is becoming more innovative.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Helicopters arrived with water, and the jumpers directed the pilots via radio.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of pilots

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