aircraft carriers
- plural of aircraft carrier.
Example Sentences
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But it may not drown out talk of aircraft-carriers.
From Economist • May 17, 2018
To that end, probably around 2004, China made up its mind that it must have aircraft-carriers.
From Economist • Jan. 19, 2017
But if aircraft-carriers really are on the losing side of the sort of technological progress the book portrays, the real-world status quo looks unlikely to persist over the decades to come.
From Economist • Jun. 25, 2015
Britain, with a ten-year gap between scrapping old aircraft-carriers and buying new ones, has sent pilots to train with the American marines on the F-35B, which will fly from both American and British carriers.
From Economist • Feb. 6, 2014
Because of its sheer size, its reserve electrical power and its small number of integral systems, at least compared with newer aircraft-carriers, the 50-year-old USS Enterprise has proved more adaptable than modern, densely packed designs.
From Economist • Jul. 26, 2012
