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Over the course of more than ten dives, Jiaolong gathered 183 biological samples – including shrimps, sea spiders, and sea anemones – along with sediment, rock, and seawater specimens for further analysis.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
Andrés was standing there, slightly out of breath, dripping seawater.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
At high tide, waves surge through the rocks sending seawater into plumes, sometimes up to fifty feet high.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Ocean acidification can have profound impacts on marine ecosystems by depleting seawater of certain carbon compounds that corals and other shell building animals need to construct their protective homes.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
Andrés was standing there, slightly out of breath, dripping seawater.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
At high tide, waves surge through the rocks sending seawater into plumes, sometimes up to fifty feet high.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Ocean acidification can have profound impacts on marine ecosystems by depleting seawater of certain carbon compounds that corals and other shell building animals need to construct their protective homes.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seawater
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“Seawater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seawater. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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seawater
noun
sea·wa·ter
ˈsē-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: water in or from the sea
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