fleet
noun
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
fleets
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present tense formof fleet (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But police forces are fighting back, and are employing increasingly sophisticated ways to tackle e-bike related crime including drones and their own fleets of e-motorbikes.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“The biggest online retailers and grocers are racing ahead, building their own delivery fleets, warehouses, membership programs, and AI shopping assistants,” the companies said in their release.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The money will go towards 14 schemes across England, including new urgent care centres, ambulance fleets and upgrades to emergency departments.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Pacific Island countries with small populations have struggled to patrol millions of kilometres of Pacific Ocean to combat illegal fishing fleets from Asia and the passage of "narco subs" deployed from South America.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
In the battle between the British and French fleets in Chesapeake Bay, thanks to Washington’s agents, the French may have been reading Admiral Graves’s flag signals.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
