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Recent Examples of frigates
In 1996, there were 22 frigates, 17 submarines, 15 destroyers, and 3 aircraft carriers.
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Michael Saunders, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
There are other reasons for sending the frigates, however.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Australia will equip its future Upgraded Mogami-class frigates with Raytheon’s SeaRAM missile defense system as Canberra accelerates a sweeping naval modernization push across the Indo-Pacific.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 May 2026
The operation deployed frigates, vessels, helicopters and drones.
—Akram Oubachir, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build the first three Mogami-class frigates in Japan.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
William West | Afp | Getty Images Shares in Japan's largest defense company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries climbed nearly 4% Monday after the country finalized an agreement with Australia for building three general purpose frigates.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Three months earlier, Norway struck a £10 billion deal with the UK for at least five British Type 26 frigates designed to detect, track and combat submarines.
—Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
Michael Saunders, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
There are other reasons for sending the frigates, however.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Australia will equip its future Upgraded Mogami-class frigates with Raytheon’s SeaRAM missile defense system as Canberra accelerates a sweeping naval modernization push across the Indo-Pacific.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 May 2026
The operation deployed frigates, vessels, helicopters and drones.
—Akram Oubachir, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build the first three Mogami-class frigates in Japan.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
William West | Afp | Getty Images Shares in Japan's largest defense company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries climbed nearly 4% Monday after the country finalized an agreement with Australia for building three general purpose frigates.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Three months earlier, Norway struck a £10 billion deal with the UK for at least five British Type 26 frigates designed to detect, track and combat submarines.
—Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frigates
Noun
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Throughout it there are forts, full-size wooden galleons and signs hung on what appear to be Persian rugs.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What followed included jury resignations, protests, Pussy Riot, paparazzi, and enough mega-yachts to redefine the Venice skyline.—
Erica Firpo,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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Remembering Ted Turner, an American original Ted Turner, the brash, visionary entrepreneur who founded CNN, transformed cable television, raced yachts in the America's Cup, and became one of America's leading conservationists, died May 6 at 87.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with the captain’s body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Ordinary workshop cutters would have struggled with both the scale and material constraints, making outsourcing the most reliable option for maintaining structural integrity and dimensional precision in the build.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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“Frigates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frigates. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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