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 Other passions competed for his time, including stock-car racing, stunt flying, deep-sea diving and painting. Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 Even in deep-sea environments, food webs are often fueled by organic material drifting down from above. Scott Travers, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 With Finn Cole, Simu Liu and Woody Harrelson leading the cast, Last Breath delivers a high-stakes, pulse-pounding thriller that takes audiences into the dangerous, isolated world of deep-sea saturation diving. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025 Read Next World Orange deep-sea creature — with ‘dense’ eyelashes — discovered as new species February 27, 2025 4:26 PM Read Next World Pregnant mountain creature with ‘triangular’ head found in China. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deep-sea

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“Deep-sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deep-sea. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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