: something that is submersible
especially
: a usually small underwater craft used especially for deep-sea research
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Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
After a day and a half of work, the unmanned submersible returns to the Offshore Surveyor.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Take Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Elon Musk, or Ben Taub’s meticulous examination of the Titan submersible implosion, or Luke Mogelson’s harrowing dispatch from the Donbas region, in Ukraine.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
In his last voyage, the expedition used an uncrewed submersible to scan 5,200 square miles of ocean floor.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024
Aboard the submersible were Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, along with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet and British billionaire Hamish Harding.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
The grocery bag lookalike morphed into a shimmering flesh-colored creature as the submersible got closer.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
And on Thursday morning, the Coast Guard found debris consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the submersible.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
In June, the Titan submersible set off on a journey to tour the wreckage of the Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2023
Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
And $750,000 dives to the bottom of the Mariana Trench help real-deal ocean exploration science by enabling operators to amortize the cost of building the expensive submersibles that do the research and also take the tourists down.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
Some have likened the minimal regulatory oversight for submersibles to the commercial space industry.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
Next up, submersibles and diving with underwater archeologists in Florida.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
There are also two custom Midget-Submarines, two submersibles, and several ROVs and UUVs.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
But these sponges lurk so far underwater that scientists need submersibles or highly capable divers to find them.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
With go-fast boats or submersibles, traffickers can travel up to 14 days without docking, Ecuadorian Navy officials say, scratching their skin as needed to stay awake.
—Arturo Torres, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
What are some of the discoveries that submersibles have brought to us?
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
Adjective
Uncrewed surface and submersible vessels have already been used as lethal and effective weapons.
—Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
After a day and a half of work, the unmanned submersible returns to the Offshore Surveyor.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Take Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Elon Musk, or Ben Taub’s meticulous examination of the Titan submersible implosion, or Luke Mogelson’s harrowing dispatch from the Donbas region, in Ukraine.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
In his last voyage, the expedition used an uncrewed submersible to scan 5,200 square miles of ocean floor.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024
Aboard the submersible were Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, along with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet and British billionaire Hamish Harding.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
The grocery bag lookalike morphed into a shimmering flesh-colored creature as the submersible got closer.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
And on Thursday morning, the Coast Guard found debris consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the submersible.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
In June, the Titan submersible set off on a journey to tour the wreckage of the Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2023
Noun
There’s also a floating deck to park Jet Skis, a sailing dinghy, and storage for a private submersible.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
And $750,000 dives to the bottom of the Mariana Trench help real-deal ocean exploration science by enabling operators to amortize the cost of building the expensive submersibles that do the research and also take the tourists down.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
Some have likened the minimal regulatory oversight for submersibles to the commercial space industry.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
Next up, submersibles and diving with underwater archeologists in Florida.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
There are also two custom Midget-Submarines, two submersibles, and several ROVs and UUVs.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
But these sponges lurk so far underwater that scientists need submersibles or highly capable divers to find them.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
With go-fast boats or submersibles, traffickers can travel up to 14 days without docking, Ecuadorian Navy officials say, scratching their skin as needed to stay awake.
—Arturo Torres, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
What are some of the discoveries that submersibles have brought to us?
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
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submersible
1 of 2 adjective
sub·mers·ible
səb-ˈmər-sə-bəl 
: capable of being submerged
submersible pumps
submersible
2 of 2 noun
: something that is submersible
especially
: submarine entry 2 sense 1
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