as in bay
a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
the city sits on the shores of a deep estuary where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean
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Recent Examples of estuary
Cows are responsible for many millions of pounds of nitrogen every year, polluting Florida’s springs, rivers and estuaries.
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Harper West, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Its alabaster beaches are perfect for shelling, sunset strolls, or spotting dolphins frolicking in the surf, while nearby mangroves and estuaries teem with even more wildlife.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management used $880,000 from the Bouchard B-120 settlement to buy 70 acres at Gull Cove, an intertidal estuary adjacent to the Sakonnet River.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
This is Florida’s largest urban park, a sprawling preserve of tangled mangroves and tidal estuaries set against Biscayne Bay.
—Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
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Harper West, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Its alabaster beaches are perfect for shelling, sunset strolls, or spotting dolphins frolicking in the surf, while nearby mangroves and estuaries teem with even more wildlife.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management used $880,000 from the Bouchard B-120 settlement to buy 70 acres at Gull Cove, an intertidal estuary adjacent to the Sakonnet River.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
This is Florida’s largest urban park, a sprawling preserve of tangled mangroves and tidal estuaries set against Biscayne Bay.
—Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estuary
Noun
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And that bay is either filling or draining.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
25 Mar. 2026
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Cohen posted smiling pictures of himself from the cargo bay of the military plane.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Bleary-eyed coverage that kicks off before sunrise in the States, with gusts off the firth and cut lines that can swallow a top 10 in an hour.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.—
Douglas Stuart,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2020
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“Estuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estuary. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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