undersea

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Recent Examples of undersea Although the undersea cable was damaged, Chunghwa Telecom was able to reroute internet communications through backups. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025 In 2023, the outlying Matsu Islands, within view of the Chinese coast, endured patchy internet for months after two undersea internet cables broke. Meaghan Tobin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 The coast guard had said on Saturday that a ship registered both to Cameroon and Tanzania was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable northeast of the island. Reuters, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025 Another geopolitical concern also lies at sea: the vulnerability of undersea fiber-optic cables, which carry an ever-growing share of the world’s Internet traffic. IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for undersea 
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Adjective
  • Sun rays reflect light off the underwater quartz particles, making the sand shine upwards onto the water’s surface and creating that signature crystal-clear emerald shade.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
  • With the war over, President Harry Truman proclaimed that an underwater area of some 750,000 square miles—about 4.5 Californias—now belonged to America.
    Jack Truesdale, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Denmark had been weakened by its defeat during the Second Schleswig War of 1864, and at this moment of Danish weakness, Seward had already discussed the purchase of Danish islands in the Caribbean to establish a naval base.
    James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made by History , TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The modernization of the People's Liberation Army naval fleet is being counted in years rather than decades, while China's Rocket Force could operate 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade, a recent U.S. Defense Department assessment said.
    Micah McCartney, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • They are surrounded by a chaotic lattice of masts and rigs, hallmarks of the nautical flow that brought people and goods to ports along the Thames.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Virgin Voyages set sail for the first time in late 2021, with the aim of creating a boutique hotel experience at sea that strikes a balance between nautical chic and glamour for adults only.
    Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Undersea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersea. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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