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as in oceanic
of, relating to, or occurring in the open sea an experienced hand at blue-water sailing in the South Pacific

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blue water

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noun

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Noun
The sight of clear, blue water is synonymous with a sense of peace. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025 In Lake Tahoe, snowcapped mountains soar up to 10,000 feet, reflected across clear, blue water. Visit Lake Tahoe, AFAR Media, 21 Feb. 2025 Folks often climb 60 feet to a platform on the rock formation and dive into the deep blue water below. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025 Waves crashed against the 100-foot-high limestone cliff, and deep-blue water extended to the horizon. Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blue-water
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  • This is a restaurant that could exist nowhere else in the world, a celebration of the region’s vast oceanic bounty served with honest, unfussy deliciousness.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Seagrass meadows like the Saya de Malha bank absorb about a fifth of all oceanic carbon.
    Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • China insists the facility is there to support aquaculture operations, such as those being carried out nearby by deep-sea farm Shen Lan 2 Hao, or Deep Blue No. 2.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
  • With deep-sea mining on the horizon, some researchers say Norway would be wise to look to its own past.
    Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • Both Moscow and Kyiv have agreed to a moratorium on attacks on energy targets and at sea, which each accuses the other of breaking.
    Guy Faulconbridge and Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Kids will probably love the Naylor Family Dinosaur Gallery, which features land, sea, and sky animals of the past, including a Tyrannosaurus rex.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Blue-water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-water. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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