Atlantic
adjective
At·lan·tic
ət-ˈlan-tik 
at-
1
a
: of, relating to, or found in, on, or near the Atlantic Ocean
b
: of, relating to, or found on or near the east coast of the U.S.
2
: of or relating to the nations that border the Atlantic Ocean
the Atlantic community
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Study said season is shifting earlier A study in 2022 co-authored by Klotzbach found that the Atlantic hurricane season was indeed shifting earlier.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
In fact, gum arabic emerged as the only natural resource exported in large quantities from West Africa to Europe prior to the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in the nineteenth century.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article President Trump agreed to sit for an interview with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg on Thursday despite his famous feud with the Atlantic editor who broke the story about top officials’ use of Signal chat to discuss U.S. attacks on the Houthis.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
The fish was engineered to grow in half the time of a wild Atlantic salmon and with one-third of the food.
—Thomas Bostick, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
In fact, gum arabic emerged as the only natural resource exported in large quantities from West Africa to Europe prior to the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in the nineteenth century.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article President Trump agreed to sit for an interview with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg on Thursday despite his famous feud with the Atlantic editor who broke the story about top officials’ use of Signal chat to discuss U.S. attacks on the Houthis.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
The fish was engineered to grow in half the time of a wild Atlantic salmon and with one-third of the food.
—Thomas Bostick, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Atlantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Atlantic. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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