1
: of or relating to the Baltic Sea or to the states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
2
: of or relating to a branch of the Indo-European language family containing Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian see Indo-European Languages Table
Examples of Baltic in a Sentence
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Newsweek reports that a recent uptick in GPS interference is due to more jammers being placed in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave on the Baltic coast.
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Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
In the past decade and a half, the Kremlin has threatened or run war games that simulate the use of nuclear weapons against Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the Baltic states, the European Union as a whole, and, of course, NATO and the United States.
—Alex Crowther, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
The Dutch threatened to cut Britain off from trees from the Baltic area (the Rhine empties through Holland), but the British realized that New England contained vast, old growth forests of White Pine.
—Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024
Of course, after the Baltic states, also Poland and parts of Germany would also –
KRISTEN WELKER:
President Zelenskyy, big picture.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 21 Apr. 2024
There are lots of reasons why people might trade the Baltic coast for the Mediterranean.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The isle is famous for its wealth of Baltic history: Its metropolis, Visby, was the Hanseatic League’s trading center between the 12th and 14th centuries.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
By contrast, multiple court cases and investigations have only reinforced in Lithuania a carapace of official secrecy — and displays of loyalty to the United States by a vulnerable Baltic country fearful of an increasingly aggressive Russia.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Estonia, the northernmost of the Baltic states, is a poster child for the benefits of membership.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2024
Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
In the past decade and a half, the Kremlin has threatened or run war games that simulate the use of nuclear weapons against Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the Baltic states, the European Union as a whole, and, of course, NATO and the United States.
—Alex Crowther, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
The Dutch threatened to cut Britain off from trees from the Baltic area (the Rhine empties through Holland), but the British realized that New England contained vast, old growth forests of White Pine.
—Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024
Of course, after the Baltic states, also Poland and parts of Germany would also –
KRISTEN WELKER:
President Zelenskyy, big picture.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 21 Apr. 2024
There are lots of reasons why people might trade the Baltic coast for the Mediterranean.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The isle is famous for its wealth of Baltic history: Its metropolis, Visby, was the Hanseatic League’s trading center between the 12th and 14th centuries.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
By contrast, multiple court cases and investigations have only reinforced in Lithuania a carapace of official secrecy — and displays of loyalty to the United States by a vulnerable Baltic country fearful of an increasingly aggressive Russia.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Estonia, the northernmost of the Baltic states, is a poster child for the benefits of membership.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Baltic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Baltic. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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Baltic
adjective
Bal·tic
ˈbȯl-tik 
1
: of or relating to the Baltic Sea or to the states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
2
: of or relating to a branch of the Indo-European languages containing Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian
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