whaling
noun
whal·ing
ˈ(h)wā-liŋ 
: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales
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Whales were hunted to the brink of extinction, but a ban on commercial whaling in 1986 has seen many populations make a comeback.
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Nell Lewis, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Even though Iceland no longer allows blue whale hunting, commercial whaling is still legal there today.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Although whaling was almost entirely banned worldwide in 1986, the whales’ numbers have not recovered.
—Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
The American whaling industry killed perhaps 32,000 whales over the 74 years between 1835 and 1909.
—Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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Nell Lewis, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Even though Iceland no longer allows blue whale hunting, commercial whaling is still legal there today.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Although whaling was almost entirely banned worldwide in 1986, the whales’ numbers have not recovered.
—Nate Iglehart, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
The American whaling industry killed perhaps 32,000 whales over the 74 years between 1835 and 1909.
—Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for whaling
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“Whaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaling. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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