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
Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch, the former boss of Warner Bros. France and Germany, who is the first female to have been appointed to that role, is expected to make the trek to the Sicilian sea resort to attend a panel on female empowerment in the film industry.
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 June 2025
Sucker-punched by surprise storms and kayoed by hurricanes, it has been swamped, splintered and even swept out to sea on nearly a dozen occasions — always to rise from the sand for that next bout with nature.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
That’s because storing oil at sea is more expensive than on land and a measure of last resort in extreme cases when onshore storage appears to run out.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Sometimes warriors are lost at sea keeping the sea-lanes open in 2024.
—Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 June 2025
Sucker-punched by surprise storms and kayoed by hurricanes, it has been swamped, splintered and even swept out to sea on nearly a dozen occasions — always to rise from the sand for that next bout with nature.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
That’s because storing oil at sea is more expensive than on land and a measure of last resort in extreme cases when onshore storage appears to run out.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Sometimes warriors are lost at sea keeping the sea-lanes open in 2024.
—Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea
ocean
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Coast Guard boats and aircraft scoured the ocean for hours, searching for survivors in an area of 520 square nautical miles, before the search was suspended later that night.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2025
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The upper level of the ocean is where microscopic organisms and different types of plankton live.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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“Sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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