seven seas

Definition of seven seas

: all the waters or oceans of the world

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Recent Examples on the Web Of the seven sea turtles found around the globe, six travel through U.S. waters and are therefore protected under the Endangered Species Act. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, "13 graceful pictures of rare sea turtles," 12 June 2019 Of the seven sea turtles found around the globe, six travel through U.S. waters and are therefore protected under the Endangered Species Act. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, "13 graceful pictures of rare sea turtles," 12 June 2019 Of the seven sea turtles found around the globe, six travel through U.S. waters and are therefore protected under the Endangered Species Act. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, "13 graceful pictures of rare sea turtles," 12 June 2019 Of the seven sea turtles found around the globe, six travel through U.S. waters and are therefore protected under the Endangered Species Act. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, "13 graceful pictures of rare sea turtles," 12 June 2019 For today’s Player Ready gaming livestream on PCWorld’s Twitch and YouTube channels at 12:00 p.m. Pacific, PCWorld’s Adam Patrick Murray and Macworld’s Leif Johnson will be sailing the seven seas in the piratey survival MMO Atlas. — Adam Patrick Murray, PCWorld, "PCWorld is streaming Atlas on Twitch and YouTube!," 18 Jan. 2019 The seven points of her crown stand for the seven seas, the seven continents, and the idea that freedom is and should always be something to be strived for throughout the world. — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, "This Fourth of July, Let’s Remember the Symbolism of Freedom Behind Lady Liberty’s Green Robe," 4 July 2018 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. — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, "Please IOC. If the Statue of Liberty violates policy, just scrap the anthems. And flags.," 13 Feb. 2018 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. — The Economist, "British imperial historyHow food created the British empire," 19 Oct. 2017

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“Seven seas.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seven%20seas. Accessed 20 January 2020.

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