aircraft carrier
Americannoun
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aircraft carriers
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of aircraft carrier
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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The USS George Washington, the American aircraft carrier, had participated in previous Freedom Edge exercises but is unavailable because of its recent deployment to the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Capt Thompson added that the deployment was a "key milestone" for both the vessel's Nato role and its "journey back to the Royal Navy's 'very high readiness' aircraft carrier".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“When I first saw the aircraft carrier, I was amazed. Thailand didn’t have anything like it,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The dreadful conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Navy aircraft carrier stationed near Iran for nine months, have been widely reported.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
In the South China Sea, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, twenty-six-year-old Navy Lieutenant Everett Alvarez zipped up his flight suit.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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