seagoing

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Recent Examples of seagoing Ships, submarines, and other seagoing vessels are tested here from design to completion. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022 But before that ship hits the waves, its safety and seagoing capabilities need to be tested in the Navy’s immense indoor ocean facility. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022 The Falcon 9’s reusable first stage returned from space and successfully touched down on a seagoing landing platform in the Pacific Ocean. From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022 That’s why diesel is favored in big trucks, railroad locomotives, and seagoing ships. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for seagoing
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Adjective
  • The deployment of the Prince of Wales comes amid an intensifying naval rivalry between the United States—which operates the world's largest fleet of aircraft carriers—and China—which possesses the world's largest naval force by hull count—in the Pacific.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
  • George moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1946, hopping trains to get here, to work at the naval shipyards in Bremerton, Washington.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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

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“Seagoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seagoing. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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