whaling
noun
whal·ing
ˈ(h)wā-liŋ 
: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales
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The whales that were once abundant along the East Coast of the United States were devastated by commercial whaling.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Mallory was hugely successful as whaling and shipbuilding grew in the village, according to Mystic Seaport.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
The desk was made from the wood of the HMS Resolute, a British ship that became stuck in ice and abandoned before being discovered by an American whaling ship in 1855.
—Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
Polar bear tourism coincides with Kaktovik’s subsistence whaling season.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Mallory was hugely successful as whaling and shipbuilding grew in the village, according to Mystic Seaport.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
The desk was made from the wood of the HMS Resolute, a British ship that became stuck in ice and abandoned before being discovered by an American whaling ship in 1855.
—Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
Polar bear tourism coincides with Kaktovik’s subsistence whaling season.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for whaling
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“Whaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaling. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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