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- noun informal The largest type of
aircraft carrier , usually displacing over 70,000long tons .
Etymologies
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Examples
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To that end, the President cancelled several politically popular programs, notably the "supercarrier" USS United States.
Meredith Bagby: What Truman Can Teach Obama About the Deficit Meredith Bagby 2010
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To that end, the President cancelled several politically popular programs, notably the "supercarrier" USS United States.
Meredith Bagby: What Truman Can Teach Obama About the Deficit Meredith Bagby 2010
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(Most of these sound like better name ideas for the USS George H.W. Bush, the U.S. Navy supercarrier)
It's time to play the music Tyler 2009
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The U.S. showed off its own supercarrier to Vietnam, less than a week after China launched its first aircraft carrier.
What's News— 2011
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The Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier had come to town the previous week for a change of command and the accompanying ceremony.
Mayhill Fowler: That Hopey, Changey Thing Comes to the California Republican Party 2010
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Most of the firepower for the four-day exercises – which North Korea condemns – has been flying off the decks of the USS George Washington, a U.S. supercarrier that can carry up to 70 aircraft and more than 5,000 sailors and aviators.
U.S. Sends Message To North Korea With High-Profile Military Maneuvers 2010
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The Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier had come to town the previous week for a change of command and the accompanying ceremony.
Mayhill Fowler: That Hopey, Changey Thing Comes to the California Republican Party 2010
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The massive maneuvers, called "Invincible Spirit," are being conducted by an armada of South Korean and U.S. ships – including the USS George Washington supercarrier – in international waters off the South Korean coast.
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The Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier had come to town the previous week for a change of command and the accompanying ceremony.
Mayhill Fowler: That Hopey, Changey Thing Comes to the California Republican Party 2010
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The Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier had come to town the previous week for a change of command and the accompanying ceremony.
Mayhill Fowler: That Hopey, Changey Thing Comes to the California Republican Party 2010
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