sea level
noun
: the level of the surface of the sea especially at its mean position midway between mean high and low water compare ground level sense 1a
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Sustained winds were a hundred and eighty-five miles per hour, but a reconnaissance mission to the eyewall found gusts at sea level in excess of a hundred and ninety miles per hour, and much higher a few hundred feet up.
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Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
For ultimate hurricane resistance, each home is built 16 feet above sea level on a solid concrete slab foundation.
—Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Anyway, Engineer Pass tops out at 12,800 feet above sea level.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
The park sits about 5,000 feet above sea level, and towering pine, fir and cedar trees line its trails and roads.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
For ultimate hurricane resistance, each home is built 16 feet above sea level on a solid concrete slab foundation.
—Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Anyway, Engineer Pass tops out at 12,800 feet above sea level.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
The park sits about 5,000 feet above sea level, and towering pine, fir and cedar trees line its trails and roads.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Sea level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20level. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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