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Recent Examples of blue-water
Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 8 Aug. 2024
The expansive glass windows create a picture-perfect setting overlooking the clear blue water of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains.
—Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The island is only 10 square miles at an elevation of less than 10 feet above sea level, according to National Geographic.
Tuvalu, surrounded by blue waters, was formed around the Te Namo Lagoon, leaving only a ring of land for its less than 12,000 natives.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The eye itself is actually a 164-foot-deep cave, which gives it a darker center, like a pupil, surrounded by electric blue waters like an iris.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2024
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Noun
With a theme of sophistication meets opulence, the pair were surrounded by lush views, beautiful blue waters, soft florals, and plenty of love from friends and family.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 8 Aug. 2024
The expansive glass windows create a picture-perfect setting overlooking the clear blue water of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains.
—Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The island is only 10 square miles at an elevation of less than 10 feet above sea level, according to National Geographic.
Tuvalu, surrounded by blue waters, was formed around the Te Namo Lagoon, leaving only a ring of land for its less than 12,000 natives.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The eye itself is actually a 164-foot-deep cave, which gives it a darker center, like a pupil, surrounded by electric blue waters like an iris.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue-water
Adjective
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This typically occurs at plate boundaries, where two plates collide, with the denser plate—typically an oceanic plate—being forced downward into the mantle beneath the less dense plate.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Their specialized physiology enables them to exploit wind currents and oceanic conditions to an extraordinary degree.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Coda Octopus View 3 Images Augmented reality comes to deep-sea divers, thanks to the US Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Coda Octopus's Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) system.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
27 Jan. 2025
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The researchers hope their study serves as a call to further investigate deep-sea biodiversity in the face of encroaching human activities like industrial fishing and offshore drilling.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Only the sea stood between him and a new life in the United States.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Alexander Huang, head of international affairs for the main opposition Kuomintang party, defended the freeze on defense spending and questioned the effectiveness of investing heavily in a submarine program before the first vessel had even completed sea trials.—
Eric Cheung,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Blue-water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-water. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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