Examples of sea power in a Sentence
Britain was the world's greatest sea power at one time.
a massive increase in sea power
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Iran’s conventional navy warships might be largely destroyed, but analysts say that’s never where its true sea power lay.
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Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Sidharth Kaushal, a research fellow in sea power at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, said mine-clearing and creating a warning system for maritime threats were more likely roles for the coalition than warships escorting commercial tankers though the strait.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
But some historians have argued that this glossed a scheme to provide a bastion for British sea power in the eastern seas.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
To military experts, Trump’s fleet would be hopelessly unsuited to strategic and tactical threats that are already faced by American sea power and likely to become more dangerous by the time the vessels could be deployed.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
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Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Sidharth Kaushal, a research fellow in sea power at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, said mine-clearing and creating a warning system for maritime threats were more likely roles for the coalition than warships escorting commercial tankers though the strait.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
But some historians have argued that this glossed a scheme to provide a bastion for British sea power in the eastern seas.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
To military experts, Trump’s fleet would be hopelessly unsuited to strategic and tactical threats that are already faced by American sea power and likely to become more dangerous by the time the vessels could be deployed.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Sea power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20power. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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