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Recent Examples of offshore from the Web
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Because of our high tax rate and horrible, outdated, bureaucratic rules, large companies that do business overseas will often park their profits offshore to avoid paying a high United States tax if the money is brought back home.
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American researchers are increasingly going offshore to developing countries to conduct clinical trials, citing rising domestic costs.
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Typically, this is done with large, offshore tackle.
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The ship will be operating offshore, roughly between San Diego and Point Conception.
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An amazingly diverse world exists just offshore beneath the churning waves and shifting sediments of Cook Inlet near Homer.
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The Texas businessman sent his lottery winnings offshore to buy a phony insurance policy for a personal corporation that never did any business — except receive the lottery prize.
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The Texas businessman sent his lottery winnings offshore to buy a phony insurance policy for a personal corporation that never did any business — except receive the lottery prize.
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Horn lay eight miles offshore, a hyphen on the horizon's hazy line.
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First Known Use of offshore
1720
Definition of offshore
1
:coming or moving away from the shore toward the water
- an offshore breeze
2 a
:situated off the shore but within waters under a country's control
- offshore fisheries
b
:distant from the shore — compare inshore
3
:situated or operating in a foreign country
- offshore mutual funds
- offshore banking
Examples of offshore in a Sentence
We sailed to an offshore island.
He works on an offshore oil rig.
They opened an offshore bank account.
He traced the money to an offshore investment company.
Recent Examples of offshore from the Web
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Forecasters say the region could experience light offshore winds.
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Offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf shut down for weeks.
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These offshore companies effectively obscured the control wielded by top executives and their relatives.
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Three different offshore wind companies wanted to view his vessel.
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And tax avoidance — that is, keeping money anonymously in offshore accounts — is legal and common.
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And Jerrard is held by a third offshore company, which controls a fourth, JK Fly.
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Those who fish spinning tackle offshore also run into this problem.
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The billionaire founder of SAC Capital Advisors LP amassed deferred offshore income of more than $1 billion likely subject to the taxation, said people familiar with the matter.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'offshore.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of offshore
1769
First Known Use of offshore
1942
OFFSHORE Defined for English Language Learners
offshore
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adjective
Definition of offshore for English Language Learners
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: moving away from the shore toward the water
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: located in the ocean away from the shore
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: located in a foreign country
OFFSHORE Defined for Kids
Definition of offshore for Students
1
:coming or moving away from the shore
- an offshore breeze
2
:located off the shore
- offshore oil
Definition of offshore for Students
:from the shore :at a distance from the shore
He swam offshore.
The boat is anchored offshore.
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