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- noun Plural form of
fleet . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
fleet .
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Examples
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Office supply giant Staplesjust became the latest customer of the enterprising Smith Electric Vehicles, which has already placed its battery-powered delivery trucks in fleets run by Frito-Lay, Coca-Cola, PG&E and AT&T.
Staples Buys Electric Trucks. That Was Easy! Jim Motavalli 2010
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But with no help from Mother Nature at all, organisers are now falling back on their least-preferred option: moving huge quantities of snow from the higher elevations of Cypress, which are white, to the lower levels in fleets of lorries and possibly even by helicopter.
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As from 1526, the "Casa de Contratación" decreed that all vessels should leave in fleets rather than on an individual basis.
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General Ross repeatedly sends in fleets, each suffering wild (but fun) decimation.
Kevin's Review: The Incredible Hulk - A Jolly Time with the Green Giant « FirstShowing.net 2008
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As from 1526, the "Casa de Contratación" decreed that all vessels should leave in fleets rather than on an individual basis.
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I too could “send my ships in fleets all up and down among the sheets,” or “bring my trees and houses out and plant cities all about.”
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Carnegie Steel furnished the armor plate for the United States Navy, but its proprietor argued for a reduction in fleets and for what would have been a precursor to the League of Nations.
Rich Man’s Burden 2006
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If a contract for upgrading the fleets is finalized, then having an assembly plant in Mexico would enable Boeing to supply the new craft more quickly as well as taking the company one step closer to future contracts elsewhere in Latin America.
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Carnegie Steel furnished the armor plate for the United States Navy, but its proprietor argued for a reduction in fleets and for what would have been a precursor to the League of Nations.
Rich Man’s Burden 2006
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If a contract for upgrading the fleets is finalized, then having an assembly plant in Mexico would enable Boeing to supply the new craft more quickly as well as taking the company one step closer to future contracts elsewhere in Latin America.
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