clipper

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Recent Examples of clipper At his new prison, inmates can buy their own razors and nail clippers from the canteen. Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 One unique feature of OneNote's web clipper is a highlighter. PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025 While some barbers are seen wielding buzzing electric clippers, others are freestyling with just a pair of hairdressing scissors and, hopefully, a steady hand. Nicole Mowbray, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025 From the deck of the American clipper ship Shooting Star, sailors watched a mysterious and unsettling scene. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for clipper
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Noun
  • The meat cutters would show up for work just as many of the clubgoers were going home.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • The Coast Guard also diverted the cutter Munro to the area, launched a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from the air station in Kodiak, and positioned an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew in Adak.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Last week, skeletal remains found on New Jersey beaches were identified as those of a 19th-century schooner captain.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 May 2025
  • This year, look out for General Patton’s private schooner, When-and-If, among others.
    Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Despite its name, the not-for-profit yacht club has very few yachts, which generally are considered larger boats with internal cabins.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
  • But what are the best spots to charter a motorboat or charter a yacht?
    Forbes Staff, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • According to Yle’s sources, Cruise ordered his sloop from Nautor Swan in February.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
  • Today, the colonial-era port Nelson's Dockyard is a UNESCO World Heritage Site complete with two boutique hotels, a museum, local craft shops, cafes and restaurants, and a marina filled with everything from stately sloops to gaudy megayachts.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • As of October 2023, more than 600 women were assigned to operational submarines as officers and sailers, according to the institute.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The custom 170-footer, which was recently delivered by Tramontana and listed for charter with IYC, combines the cruising capabilities of a high-tech sailer with the lavish amenities of a luxury superyacht.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 July 2024
Noun
  • Air Force One also contains two galleys that can provide 100 meals at one sitting, advanced multi-frequency radios for air-to-air, ground and satellite communications and state-of-the-art navigation, electronic and communications equipment.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Over on one side of the central lab/airlock area is a galley with a food storage and preparation area, plus seating and a dining table that can be folded away to make room for a small exercise machine.
    Adam Williams May 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.
    Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018
Noun
  • Boaters can explore the Cyclades in wooden boats, catamarans or yachts.
    Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Rolex is the titular sponsor of the SailGP Championship, which sees national teams racing in identical high-tech, high-speed 50-foot foiling catamarans around the world at speeds approaching 60 miles per hour in a quest for a total prize money of $12.8 million.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 26 May 2025

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“Clipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clipper. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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