white shark

noun

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As white sharks return to the Cape, researchers are helping the public chomp on shark hotspot data from last summer and fall. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025 Since 1950, there have been 195 white shark attacks recorded in California. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025 The first white shark sighting of the season was confirmed off Nantucket's Smith's Point, where a witness spotted the shark chasing a seal toward the beach. Mike Deehan, Axios, 14 May 2025 No white sharks have been seen there since August 2018. Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for white shark

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First Known Use

circa 1674, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of white shark was circa 1674

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