high sea

noun

: the open part of a sea or ocean especially outside territorial waters

—usually used in plural

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Satellite data that stretches back to 1978 shows that the region was still producing record-high sea ice extent as recently as 2014 and 2015. —Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023

The Weddell Sea nearly completely freezes over during winter and retains an incredibly high sea ice concentration for the short summer months. —Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2015

Satellite data that stretches back to 1978 shows that the region was still producing record-high sea ice extent as recently as 2014 and 2015. —Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023

Satellite data that stretches back to 1978 shows that the region was still producing record-high sea ice extent as recently as 2014 and 2015. —Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 25 Jan. 2023

Mild tensions have been simmering on the high seas between Russia and the United Kingdom. —Aj Willingham, CNN, 27 Mar. 2020

Conservationists are concerned that the high seas are being overfished; fishery defenders reply that their fishing helps feed the hungry. —J. B. Mackinnon, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2020

Cruise ships are protected by federal laws limiting certain liabilities for deaths on the high seas. —Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 22 Apr. 2020

Even before the Saudi-Russian price war began, oil buyers had been warehousing large amounts of fuel on the high seas. —Summer Said, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above