: of, relating to, or occurring in the deeper parts of the sea
deep-sea fishing
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chartered a boat to do some deep-sea fishing
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Only in recent decades have geophysical technology and deep-sea cameras provided glimpses of these mysterious worlds.
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Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
It was first spotted in 2015 during a deep-sea expedition aboard the E/V Nautilus in a collaboration between the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galápagos National Park Directorate, according to a news release published by the Field Museum in Chicago.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 May 2026
In sync with her inspiration, Maccapani Missoni also played with blurred and watercolor effects, patterns evoking seaweed and deep-sea plants, as well as fish- or pearl-shaped details popping along the necklines, for example.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
As a result, the new site provides compelling fossil evidence that the earliest animals first emerged in deep-sea environments, says Lidya Tarhan, a paleontologist at Yale University, who was not involved in the new study.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 20 May 2026
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Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
It was first spotted in 2015 during a deep-sea expedition aboard the E/V Nautilus in a collaboration between the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galápagos National Park Directorate, according to a news release published by the Field Museum in Chicago.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 May 2026
In sync with her inspiration, Maccapani Missoni also played with blurred and watercolor effects, patterns evoking seaweed and deep-sea plants, as well as fish- or pearl-shaped details popping along the necklines, for example.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
As a result, the new site provides compelling fossil evidence that the earliest animals first emerged in deep-sea environments, says Lidya Tarhan, a paleontologist at Yale University, who was not involved in the new study.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 20 May 2026
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“Deep-sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep-sea. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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