as in oceanic
of, relating to, or occurring in the open sea chartered a boat to do some deep-sea fishing

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Recent Examples of deep-sea Shrimp trawlers caught these deep-sea sharks between depths of about 1,000 to 1,300 feet, the study said. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025 Read Next World ‘Flourishing’ deep-sea life found when Antarctic iceberg breaks off. Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025 The town is known for its deep-sea fishing charters, boat cruises and casino boats. Dennis Romero, NBC news, 26 May 2025 The high-definition pictures of the USS F-1 were released after a group of interagency teams used cutting-edge deep-sea imaging technology during an expedition earlier this year, according to news release from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Stephen Smith, CBS News, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for deep-sea
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oceanic
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  • These moves aim to protect coastlines, secure maritime trade routes, assert oceanic claims, and bolster global influence.
    Sturla Henriksen, Time, 5 June 2025
  • To wit: the scene where Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss perform a fish autopsy on the tiger shark (the movie's red herring, to use more oceanic metaphors), and yank out its guts.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 4 June 2025

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“Deep-sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deep-sea. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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