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Recent Examples of aquatic
Today, the group comprises over 4,000 species and occupies nearly every terrestrial and aquatic habitat on Earth.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The watershed district has spent 20 years improving water quality and resilience through stormwater management, shoreline restoration and control of invasive aquatic plants.
—Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 10 June 2026
Many misidentify water moccasins with other nonvenomous aquatic snakes.
—Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
As highly-opportunistic omnivores, raccoons hunt insects, aquatic animals, small mammals, and birds.
—Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The watershed district has spent 20 years improving water quality and resilience through stormwater management, shoreline restoration and control of invasive aquatic plants.
—Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 10 June 2026
Many misidentify water moccasins with other nonvenomous aquatic snakes.
—Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
As highly-opportunistic omnivores, raccoons hunt insects, aquatic animals, small mammals, and birds.
—Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aquatic
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After years of using dogs to track the scents of missing people, a Florida search-and-rescue team has now trained otters to help with underwater searches.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
12 June 2026
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Marine biologist Alan Jamieson had given up on seeing a goblin shark in its underwater home.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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But a new antenna technology, borrowed from the physics of medical implants, is rethinking how submarine machines talk to each other – and to us.—
Omar Kardoudi
June 06,
New Atlas,
6 June 2026
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Last December, lawmakers passed a short-term funding bill that included $5.7 billion in emergency funding for the submarine industrial base.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Aquatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aquatic. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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