as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management an armada of ships sailing up the coast

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Recent Examples of armada Those are just some of the strategies Chinese scientists have been developing to counter what Beijing sees as a potent threat: Elon Musk’s armada of Starlink communications satellites. Erika Kinetz, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025 In the 16th century, Spain was a global superpower with its mighty armada, and gold and silver flowing in from its American colonies. Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025 The small armada competed in a regatta around buoys, practicing how to keep moving in light headwinds. Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025 Deep in the seething, fecund Amazon jungle, a seeker finds wisdom, beauty, exciting new recipes, and inexhaustible armadas of biting insects. Olivia James, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armada
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Noun
  • This is already happening in fleet management, where companies are moving from basic telematics (data from OBD ports) to videomatics, using visual AI to monitor driver behavior, route performance, and safety compliance.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Fermi would then add solar and battery-storage power and, eventually, a fleet of nuclear power reactors.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • Producer and colleague Monika Evstatieva and I were in that convoy, took small arms fire, but were unharmed.
    Tom Bowman, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Live video showed a convoy of five Red Cross vehicles carrying the remaining hostages leaving Khan Younis in southern Gaza, to the cheers of onlookers and surrounded by Hamas officers.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Armada.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armada. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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