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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Japan and South Korea—both treaty allies of the United States in Northeast Asia—received new warships to bolster their sea power amid North Korea's ongoing naval modernization.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
In Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, the United States and its coalition allies unleashed massive land, air, and sea power.
—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
This cooperation makes sense in purely military terms for Russia, a mutually beneficial project of sea power projection.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
More to the point, sea power is about power projection for economic gain.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
In Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, the United States and its coalition allies unleashed massive land, air, and sea power.
—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
This cooperation makes sense in purely military terms for Russia, a mutually beneficial project of sea power projection.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
More to the point, sea power is about power projection for economic gain.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sea power
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“Sea power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20power. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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