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as in oceanic
of or relating to the sea
he loves collecting little marine creatures while at the beach
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as in nautical
of or relating to navigation of the sea
a collection of marine instruments, including a sextant
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as in ranger
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Recent Examples of marine
Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Plesiosaurs were considered among the most successful marine hunters of their time.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2025
Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Compact and Lightweight Design: Portability That Delivers Space and weight matter, especially in applications like RV travel, marine adventures, or golf cart performance.
—Lauren Carpenter, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Here's the kicker: The Navy planned to retire this expensive and outdated marine mammal program and utilize high-tech aquatic drones instead, but Congress foolishly enacted legislation that forced it to continue the program.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Plesiosaurs were considered among the most successful marine hunters of their time.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
Its latest title puts players in the role of Zula Hendricks, an ex-colonial marine investigating LV-354.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Compact and Lightweight Design: Portability That Delivers Space and weight matter, especially in applications like RV travel, marine adventures, or golf cart performance.
—Lauren Carpenter, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marine
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This wasn't entirely unexpected, but the duo was surprised to find that oceanic data from their simulations showed plankton might recover more quickly than land plants.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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This typically occurs at plate boundaries, where two plates collide, with the denser plate—typically an oceanic plate—being forced downward into the mantle beneath the less dense plate.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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From [nautical] mile 200, the Argentine Navy [ …] under the coordination of the Joint Maritime Command, stands firm, patrolling and watching and ensuring that no foreign ship crosses our exclusive economic zone to plunder what belongs to Argentines.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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If your home has a more nautical theme, a fishhook is the perfect choice.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Online calendars for reservable tours in some parks show zero availability, a casualty of losing the rangers who led them.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Photos taken by a ranger show the dark-colored fox with silver sprinkled over its face and body contrasting with the snow.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2025
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Georgia’s barrier islands, including St. Simons and Jekyll Island, boast diverse landscapes made up of beaches, marshes, dunes, and maritime forests.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2025
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The 17-mile-long strip of land remains largely in its natural state, populated by dense maritime forest of live oaks, saw palmetto, sabal palms, and pines.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2025
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What To Know In a press release on Sunday, the Netherlands' defense ministry announced that its Royal Navy had escorted a fleet of six Russian ships—comprising three naval vessels and three civilian ships—navigating through the Mediterranean Sea en route to a Russian port.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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The carrier had arrived at a naval base in Crete earlier in the week, a rare break for the strike group that has been in constant operations, though the pace had ebbed as Israel's ceasefire with Hamas took effect in mid-January.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Upon arriving at the house, the raiders were told by Mrs. Knoll that the only mash on the premises was that cooking on a small stove in the basement.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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What a week to revive a musical comedy about corporate raiders sabotaging the public good.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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More strange phenomena begins happening at sea, leading her to realize an underwater presence is about to upset the fragile balance between human and nature.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2025
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Triboelectric charge can also cause issues with medical cable assemblies and the cables used in underwater acoustical transducers.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
19 Feb. 2025
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Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.—
Thomas Goodwin Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Nov. 2024
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During the 1930s and '40s, what was left of Indianola was turned into a major training base for thousands of artillerymen.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
19 Mar. 2024
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“Marine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marine. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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