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as in nautical
of or relating to navigation of the sea a rare maritime chart from the 17th century

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as in marine
of or relating to the sea the city's extraordinary boom is almost entirely due to the increase in maritime commerce

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Recent Examples of maritime The cost of shipping a container from Shanghai to Los Angeles and from Shanghai to New York rose by 10% and 8%, respectively, on April 3 compared to the previous week, according to maritime research firm Drewry. Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 With about 3 percent of the world’s maritime trade carried through its locks, the Panama Canal is a 24-hour operation. Silvana Paternostro Nathalia Angarita, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 Founded by Tarquin Leadbetter, the distillery is renowned for producing small-batch, artisanal gins that capture the essence of Cornwall’s maritime terroir. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 China has dismissed the ruling as invalid and continues to send its heavily armed coast guard, naval warships, and paramilitary maritime militia hundreds of miles from its coast to enforce its claims. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for maritime
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  • But Ulysse Nardin—which has a rich history of nautical timepieces—stripped away all of those functions to produce the world’s lightest mechanical dive watch.
    Michael Solomon, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Start watching no later than 70 minutes before sunrise — the start of nautical twilight, which is when the disk of the sun is positioned 12 degrees below the horizon.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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  • Toxic algae bloom possibly related to Palisades Fire sickens marine life 02:54 Stephanie Wilcox said her toddler's pediatrician recommended testing their home.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • That adjustable strap, how flat and sans-bulk the crossbody’s shape is, and the fact that its threads are made from a combination of recycled bottles and marine plastics.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • The United States will deploy ship-sinking missiles to the Luzon Strait, a choke point for Chinese naval access to the Pacific Ocean, during a military exercise with the Philippines.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In 1993, Williams was selected to become a naval test pilot and graduated from the course that same year.
    Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • This is a restaurant that could exist nowhere else in the world, a celebration of the region’s vast oceanic bounty served with honest, unfussy deliciousness.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Seagrass meadows like the Saya de Malha bank absorb about a fifth of all oceanic carbon.
    Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Maritime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maritime. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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