: of, relating to, or occurring in the deeper parts of the sea
deep-sea fishing
Examples of deep-sea in a Sentence
chartered a boat to do some deep-sea fishing
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The drugs were seized at London Gateway, a deep-sea container port about 30 miles from London.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Dawn choruses are getting shorter and the oceans echo with the din of transcontinental shipping and deep-sea mining.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
The effect on deep-sea organisms was even more dire.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
In human brains and lungs; in breast milk and semen; in alpine snow and deep-sea sediment; in corn plants and beer.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Dawn choruses are getting shorter and the oceans echo with the din of transcontinental shipping and deep-sea mining.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
The effect on deep-sea organisms was even more dire.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
In human brains and lungs; in breast milk and semen; in alpine snow and deep-sea sediment; in corn plants and beer.
—Susanne Rust
follow, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for deep-sea
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“Deep-sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep-sea. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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