galley

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Recent Examples of galley More than 100 cooks worked in the galleys, along with a dozen pastry chefs and five butchers. James Barron, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 The writer Eric Alterman, who had griped in the thread about not receiving a galley, was among the attendees and still without a book. Paula Aceves, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025 On most airlines, there is little or no CCTV in the main cabin, apart from the cockpit door and galley areas. Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2025 Snacks were available in the galley all night and my lemon and ricotta hotcakes breakfast was rich and hearty, accompanied by a banana, coconut and mango smoothie. Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for galley
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galley
Noun
  • The move makes the yacht’s interior volume, already considerable at 500 gross tons, feel significantly larger.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
  • When Tanya began shooting up the yacht and then fell to her death from it, that was all played for laughs, after all.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.
    Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Help hoist the sails of the Schooner Freedom, a massive topsail schooner captained by John and Sarah Zaruba.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Renamed Magic Circle, Guthrie’s schooner became a lowly minesweeper along the Scottish coast.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
  • While this sprawling lagoon can be explored by foot, it’s best experienced from the comfort of a boat, with multiple excursions taking place each day via canoe and catamaran.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Matthews’ fastball has averaged 97.1 mph for the Saints, compared to 94.9 mph for the Twins as a rookie last season, and the velocity on his slider and cutter are also up 2-3 mph.
    Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Lindor laid down a textbook bunt down for a single, and Soto hit a cutter to the left-center warning track with one on and none out.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The British Royal Navy's frigate also launched a Merlin helicopter from 814 Naval Air Squadron to ascertain valuable information aerially.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Taiwan's Pan Chao frigate (PFG2-1108) monitors PLAN Siming Shan Type 071 LPD (986) and Qiandaohu Type 903 replenishment ship (886).
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 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
  • The wintry Atlantic roiling, frothing, glittering like a gigantic skin shaking itself, great galleon-clouds passing overhead, torn and tattered by the wind.
    Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • In my first go, my ancient Romans became the Spanish, who sent galleons to distant lands.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025

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“Galley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galley. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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