oceangoing

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Recent Examples of oceangoing Today, fewer than 60 large oceangoing Jones Act tankers remain in service. Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026 That math pushes shippers toward barges and away from proper oceangoing vessels. Colin Grabow, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025 The first oceangoing reactor was deployed on a US submarine in 1955. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025 This combination of space, intimacy, pastoral views and access to exceptional vineyards can’t be replicated on oceangoing yachts. Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for oceangoing
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Adjective
  • Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Defense heavyweight Lockheed Martin is leading the race to buy naval defense group Ultra Maritime, CNBC has learned.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • True, nothing so grand as a massive dragon and naval battle took place, but seeing Rhaenyra start to change into someone almost unrecognizable from her younger, more innocent self was compelling in a deeper way.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Adjective
  • The two companies plan to equip up to 100 of their seagoing ships with Alsym batteries as an auxiliary power source.
    Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Ships, submarines, and other seagoing vessels are tested here from design to completion.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022

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“Oceangoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oceangoing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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