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Recent Examples of wharf
The base includes six wharves—each approximately 755 feet long—capable of accommodating up to 12 submarines.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Past the Heritage Project buildings the road curves around to the right and down to the ferry wharf.
—Robert Finch
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
There, manu jumpers leap from bridges, wharves and diving platforms to make the giant splashes.
—Daehyun Choi, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Doxiadis, who was retained by the Riverside Commission as the project's lead architect, released a final design for a plaza, parking garage and wharf, all of which would cost about $13.5 million to put up.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Mar. 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Past the Heritage Project buildings the road curves around to the right and down to the ferry wharf.
—Robert Finch
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
There, manu jumpers leap from bridges, wharves and diving platforms to make the giant splashes.
—Daehyun Choi, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Doxiadis, who was retained by the Riverside Commission as the project's lead architect, released a final design for a plaza, parking garage and wharf, all of which would cost about $13.5 million to put up.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wharf
Noun
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Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into useable electricity.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Most ships bound for the French capital dock in Le Havre, a major port on the Normandy coast.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
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The city is proposing two projects in Ocean Beach, one at the pier and one at Dog Beach.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Seaports will have nearby seabed dredged and quays constructed to accommodate naval and transport vessels.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Then, as evening falls, locals gather with ice cream cones on the quay and the town glows in the hush of a Bornholm sunset.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Wharf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wharf. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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