: a warship with a flight deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed
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There are two days of practices at the University of San Diego, their first in pads, and a walk-through aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during L.A.’s brief visit to America’s Finest City.—Jay Paris, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 The warship was one of two Chinese aircraft carriers simultaneously deployed in the broader western Pacific in June.—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025 China’s missiles sank three aircraft carriers—drowning as many as fifteen thousand sailors—and destroyed a quarter of the American Air Force.—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 The attacks on the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia were intercepted using American equipment and President Biden sent an aircraft carrier to the region.—Dina Esfandiary, Time, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for aircraft carrier
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