1
: borne over or on the sea
a seaborne invasion
2
: carried on by oversea shipping
seaborne trade
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The Pentagon’s Replicator initiative seeks to deploy thousands of unmanned air- and seaborne vehicles.
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Last year, Russia's seaborne coal export revenues fell 22 percent to $24.9 billion compared with 2023's $32.2 billion.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Its design is inspired by ancient Sun worship, as well as watchtowers that were once used to warn Chinese Emperors of seaborne attacks, and its curving form has been constructed from two layers of slanted concrete shells that echo the sound of the waves.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
Around one-fifth of the world’s seaborne trade transits the Taiwan Strait, so this disruption alone would have a significantly greater impact on global trade than the ongoing attacks by Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Last year, Russia's seaborne coal export revenues fell 22 percent to $24.9 billion compared with 2023's $32.2 billion.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Its design is inspired by ancient Sun worship, as well as watchtowers that were once used to warn Chinese Emperors of seaborne attacks, and its curving form has been constructed from two layers of slanted concrete shells that echo the sound of the waves.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
Around one-fifth of the world’s seaborne trade transits the Taiwan Strait, so this disruption alone would have a significantly greater impact on global trade than the ongoing attacks by Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Seaborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaborne. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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