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 How Deep Is Your Love Director: Eleanor Mortimer, Producer: Jacob Thomas, UK 2024 As scientists uncover new lifeforms in the deep sea, their discoveries inspire wonder in a documentary that asks us to consider the relationship between exploration and exploitation. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025 Instead of a full truce, the White House statements on Tuesday outline an agreement to stop using force in the sea, similar to the Black Sea grain initiative that was in place earlier in the war. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025 Both hotels are on the fashionable West Side of Los Angeles, with the Miramar (which is ‘sea view in Spanish) across Ocean Avenue from Santa Monica Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 But the idea—the symbolism of this massive monument, perched on the edge of an angry sea in one of the remotest corners of the continent—stopped me in my tracks. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sea

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“Sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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