1
obsolete
: of or relating to ships or shipping
2
a
: of or relating to a navy
b
: consisting of or involving warships
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The deployment of the Prince of Wales comes amid an intensifying naval rivalry between the United States—which operates the world's largest fleet of aircraft carriers—and China—which possesses the world's largest naval force by hull count—in the Pacific.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
George moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1946, hopping trains to get here, to work at the naval shipyards in Bremerton, Washington.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 19 July 2025
The name stuck after Rihanna made her feature acting debut in the 2012 film Battleship as a naval officer.
—Kristin Vartan, EW.com, 18 July 2025
In 1880, a French naval officer who wrote exotic travel novels under the pen name Pierre Loti had published a blockbuster that portrayed the island as a prelapsarian paradise peopled by nubile dancing maidens.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
George moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1946, hopping trains to get here, to work at the naval shipyards in Bremerton, Washington.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 19 July 2025
The name stuck after Rihanna made her feature acting debut in the 2012 film Battleship as a naval officer.
—Kristin Vartan, EW.com, 18 July 2025
In 1880, a French naval officer who wrote exotic travel novels under the pen name Pierre Loti had published a blockbuster that portrayed the island as a prelapsarian paradise peopled by nubile dancing maidens.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
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“Naval.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naval. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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naval
adjective
na·val
ˈnā-vəl 
: of or relating to a navy or warships
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