as in ocean
the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth
millions of plants and animals live in the sea
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Recent Examples of sea
Animals including sea sponges and anemones grow on the nodules, so removing nodules would destroy that habitat.
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Daniel Ackerman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
Turner had a fascination with the sea bordering on fetish.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The Jewish people crossed the water through this path, and when the army followed, the path closed, and the sea drowned Pharaoh's soldiers.
—Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 27 Mar. 2025
Last month, 10 people died when a small commuter plane that was overweight by half a ton crashed onto sea ice in the Norton Sound, near Nome on the state's western coast.
—CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Daniel Ackerman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
Turner had a fascination with the sea bordering on fetish.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The Jewish people crossed the water through this path, and when the army followed, the path closed, and the sea drowned Pharaoh's soldiers.
—Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 27 Mar. 2025
Last month, 10 people died when a small commuter plane that was overweight by half a ton crashed onto sea ice in the Norton Sound, near Nome on the state's western coast.
—CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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