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Recent Examples of benthic
Other species, like benthic (bottom-dwelling) sharks, have rougher or more robust denticles designed to resist wear as the shark brushes along the sea floor.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
This kills off the benthic life as well as the more commercially valuable crabs and finfish.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2025
And, like the small miracle of any benthic shine found in sandy human hands, Frame’s prolific œuvre very nearly didn’t exist for us, but for drastic, tidal chance.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Depositing the fleet of six benthic landers into the gulf has been an expensive and thorny process.
—Robin Catalano, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
This kills off the benthic life as well as the more commercially valuable crabs and finfish.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2025
And, like the small miracle of any benthic shine found in sandy human hands, Frame’s prolific œuvre very nearly didn’t exist for us, but for drastic, tidal chance.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Depositing the fleet of six benthic landers into the gulf has been an expensive and thorny process.
—Robin Catalano, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benthic
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For the advanced, channels around the islands work like pelagic highways, attracting more than 3,000 different marine species.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, offshore, the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge pulses with life: think harbor seals, black oystercatchers, and pelagic cormorants.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The weekend consists of marine science talks mixed with social events with fellow snorkelers, divers, and ocean conservationists.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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But even as new tools and strategies emerge to quiet the seas, the legal foundation that has long safeguarded marine life is under pressure.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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This deep-sea predator, characterized by its large eyes and tiny teeth, was found during bycatch surveys with shrimp trawlers.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Activities such as global shipping, seismic airgun surveys for oil and gas, offshore construction and drilling, and the emerging threat of deep-sea mining now flood the seas with constant, disruptive sound.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those offshore turbines are dramatically larger than ones on land and require substantial infrastructure at ports for construction, from large assembly facilities to deepwater docks for ships that carry turbines out to sea.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2025
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By this year, deepwater oil will account for 10% of global crude supply, according to Rystad Energy.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Not much is known about their movements, but it’s believed that the species may follow squid populations or relocate as a result of oceanographic conditions.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Five of the Navy’s six Pathfinder Class oceanographic survey vessels are approaching 30 years of service, joined by an aged fleet of seven old ocean surveillance ships.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Benthic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benthic. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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