Definition of seven seas
: all the waters or oceans of the world
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According to some accounts, in fact, Bartholdi went out of his way to make the statue non-controversial, designing the crown with seven rays to represent the seven seas and seven continents orbiting the sun.
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Usually it is assumed that Britain’s empire appeared and then Britain’s food trade—that vast tonnage of tea, flour, sugar, bully beef and Crosse & Blackwell pickle that swept across the seven seas—appeared to feed it.
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In Rijeka, in Croatia, local authorities have secured EU funding to restore the Galeb, the once-sumptuous yacht on which Josip Broz Tito, the Yugoslav leader, once sailed the seven seas.
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Of the seven sea turtles found around the globe, six travel through U.S. waters and are therefore protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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For now, the SeaLife Center staffers are adjusting to life as the surrogate mothers for seven sea otters.
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First Known Use of seven seas
1872
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: all the waters or oceans of the world
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