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As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on.—Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025 The scientists also analyzed isotopes in the soil to understand the impacts of seawater intrusion.—Mostafa Salem, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025 The spa also has a traditional Mayan steam bath, seawater hydrotherapy pool, sauna, and nine treatment rooms.—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2025 People who come to visit the aquarium have no idea of how much work, how much R&D, how much finessing, and all the nuances of the seawater system and assembling animals and everything goes into pulling something like that off.—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seawater
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of seawater was
before the 12th century
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