seaborne

adjective

sea·​borne ˈsē-ˌbȯrn How to pronounce seaborne (audio)
1
: borne over or on the sea
a seaborne invasion
2
: carried on by oversea shipping
seaborne trade

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Among them is an unseen hero of the production — one of sports’ singular cinematographers, Frenchman Laurent Pujol, who has won two Emmys for his seaborne lensing of the first two seasons and is up for a third. Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025 The European Union, once a top Kremlin customer, has banned all seaborne imports of Russian crude oil, and whittled Moscow’s share of its natural gas imports delivered via pipeline to about 11% last year, from more than 40% in 2021. Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025 The deal discounts offered by Russia, as its traditionally European client base for seaborne crude significantly diminished, made Moscow’s supply virtually irresistible. Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025 The roots of an alternative approach to design can be found in the 1970s, when the artist collective Ant Farm proposed to build a seaborne embassy for dolphins. Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seaborne

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of seaborne was in 1823

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“Seaborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaborne. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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