as in convoys
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management
a fleet of buses rolling down the highway
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Recent Examples of fleets
The bill would further require aircraft operators to equip their fleets with ADS-B in by 2031.
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Zach Wichter, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, aging aircraft fleets and a wave of retirements have created an urgent demand for new technicians.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Gulf of Finland serves as a key air and sea bridge from Russia to the rest of the world, connecting Moscow's military and commercial fleets to its Baltic Sea exclave Kaliningrad, on to the North Sea and into the Atlantic Ocean.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Together, these breakthroughs promise a safe, compact, ready-to-use seaworthy fuel supply that can potentially fuel fishing fleets, coastal ferries, tug boats, and other harbour service vessels, reported Fuel Cell Works.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Beijing fields one of the world’s largest missile fleets and has taken the lead over Washington in hypersonic missile technology—maneuverable weapons that travel more than five times the speed of sound.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The company has traced the attack to ransomware, in which hackers encrypt entire fleets of computers and demand payment (usually in cryptocurrency) to unlock them.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
The mass deployment of technologies that these minerals make possible—fleets of electric cars; flocks of wind turbines; a cleaner energy grid—may be imperative if our society is to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and thereby avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Wind speeds on Mars are high enough to blow fleets of large spherical rovers that resemble tumbleweed across the Red Planet's surface, according to new wind-tunnel tests of small prototypes conducted by an international consortium of young scientists.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Zach Wichter, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, aging aircraft fleets and a wave of retirements have created an urgent demand for new technicians.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
The Gulf of Finland serves as a key air and sea bridge from Russia to the rest of the world, connecting Moscow's military and commercial fleets to its Baltic Sea exclave Kaliningrad, on to the North Sea and into the Atlantic Ocean.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Together, these breakthroughs promise a safe, compact, ready-to-use seaworthy fuel supply that can potentially fuel fishing fleets, coastal ferries, tug boats, and other harbour service vessels, reported Fuel Cell Works.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Beijing fields one of the world’s largest missile fleets and has taken the lead over Washington in hypersonic missile technology—maneuverable weapons that travel more than five times the speed of sound.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The company has traced the attack to ransomware, in which hackers encrypt entire fleets of computers and demand payment (usually in cryptocurrency) to unlock them.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
The mass deployment of technologies that these minerals make possible—fleets of electric cars; flocks of wind turbines; a cleaner energy grid—may be imperative if our society is to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and thereby avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Wind speeds on Mars are high enough to blow fleets of large spherical rovers that resemble tumbleweed across the Red Planet's surface, according to new wind-tunnel tests of small prototypes conducted by an international consortium of young scientists.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleets
Noun
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People can live there in tents, caravans, or prefab structures while buildings go up slowly around them.—
Shelly Culbertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The campaign included spearheading caravans and events across the country at significant personal risk.—
David Smilde,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Each year, the flotillas have been intercepted by the Israeli army.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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Previous attempts by activist flotillas to break the blockade have largely failed and sometimes sparked deadly clashes, including during the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla raid.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The plain truth is, trains are hard.—
Chelsea Haney
October 25,
New Atlas,
25 Oct. 2025
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Keep in mind, however, that Perplexity post-trains third-party models.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
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Guest-favorite activities include bike light parades, karaoke, and paint nights.—
Maggie Downs,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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There’s a formal orange-tie ball, a giant pumpkin expo, ghost tours, zombie bar crawls, elaborate decoration contests and parades including Big Parade of Little People in Anoka’s quaint red-brick downtown.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Fleets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleets. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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