flagship
a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
the main vessel of a shipping company.
any of the best or largest ships or airplanes operated by a passenger line.
the best or most important one of a group or system: This store is the flagship of our retail chain.
being or constituting a flagship.
Origin of flagship
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How to use flagship in a sentence
“Demand for its flagship S Series smartphones did little to revive its smartphone sales globally,” Gupta said.
This smartphone maker’s sales dropped the most due to COVID-19 | jonathanvanian2015 | August 25, 2020 | FortuneMullenweg is also the CEO of Automattic, a company that offers commercial versions of the WordPress software outside of the flagship app.
Why Apple let WordPress walk but continues to fight Fortnite’s Epic Games | rhhackettfortune | August 25, 2020 | FortuneMeanwhile, Louis Bacon’s Moore Capital, which last year decided to eject the remaining external investors from its flagship funds after a long barren stretch, notched up a 25 percent gain in seven months through July.
Experts at Citizen Lab, a research group at the University of Toronto, analyzed the link and pointed to Pegasus, NSO’s flagship product.
The man who built a spyware empire says it’s time to come out of the shadows | Bobbie Johnson | August 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewLike most other flagship smartphones these days, the Note20 Ultra is packed with cameras.
Samsung Note20 Ultra review: Why this big phone works for the COVID era | Aaron Pressman | August 18, 2020 | Fortune
From its founding in 1914, The New Republic has been the flagship and forum of American liberalism.
Facebook Prince Purges The New Republic: Inside the Destruction of a 100-Year-Old Magazine | Lloyd Grove | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSure, some ignored the protests, and made their pilgrimages to Apple, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton flagship stores.
Chinese Tourists Are Taking Hong Kong Protest Selfies | Brendon Hong | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn interview with Mel Greig will be shown on the flagship BBC2 news program Newsnight tonight.
flagship series Mad Men just finished the first half of its final season.
‘Halt and Catch Fire’ and AMC’s Push to Reset Dramas | Andrew Romano | May 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVisually, these works blend perfectly throughout the three floors of the New York flagship store on Madison Avenue.
The lectern, as the pulpit-stand in English churches is called, was fashioned of oak taken from Nelson's flagship, the Victory.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyThe San Domingo (70 guns) blew up; the flagship Phœnix (80 guns), and three other ships of 70 guns, were taken.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonOh, what a dreadful time there was on Perry's flagship during those sad two hours.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousFarragut chose the sloop-of-war Hartford for his flagship and sailed merrily away for the mighty river.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousHe started out with his flagship, named the Reina Cristina, straight for the Olympia, which he hoped to cut in two.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | Various
British Dictionary definitions for flagship
/ (ˈflæɡˌʃɪp) /
a ship, esp in a fleet, aboard which the commander of the fleet is quartered
the most important ship belonging to a shipping company
a single item from a related group considered as the most important, often in establishing a public image: the nine o'clock news is the flagship of the BBC
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