oceangoing
adjective
ocean·go·ing
ˈō-shən-ˌgō-iŋ 
: of, relating to, or designed for travel on the ocean
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Photo : Yacht Dot Going The Distance Dot may have been imagined as a weekend home, but the boat has an oceangoing range of 10,000 nautical miles, thanks to its nearly 26,500-gallon fuel tanks.
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 June 2024
At one time, SpaceX acquired oceangoing oil rigs to convert them into mobile launch and landing pads for Starship.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
The oceangoing branch of expedition company Pelorus, Pelorus Yachting, is launching an artists' retreat in Greenland — led by a Greenlandic artist — aboard its vessel Polarfront, a former weather ship retrofitted into a luxury expedition yacht.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
Season two will adapt the second of Riordan’s novels, The Sea of Monsters, which sends Percy (Walker Scobell) and some of his fellow demigods on an oceangoing quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 June 2024
At one time, SpaceX acquired oceangoing oil rigs to convert them into mobile launch and landing pads for Starship.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
The oceangoing branch of expedition company Pelorus, Pelorus Yachting, is launching an artists' retreat in Greenland — led by a Greenlandic artist — aboard its vessel Polarfront, a former weather ship retrofitted into a luxury expedition yacht.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
Season two will adapt the second of Riordan’s novels, The Sea of Monsters, which sends Percy (Walker Scobell) and some of his fellow demigods on an oceangoing quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
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oceangoing
adjective
ocean·go·ing
-ˌgō-iŋ
: made to travel on the ocean
oceangoing ships
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