How to Use offshore in a Sentence
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The vessel was about two miles offshore at the time.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
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A lot of work that could move offshore has yet to move offshore.
—Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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Stimpfle watched the balloon rise and move offshore.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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Just offshore, 50 surfers caught swells.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
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The same pattern plays out offshore.
—Krish Kumar, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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Or, enjoy the scenery from offshore on a boat ride around the white cliffs.
—Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
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The wind has been blowing offshore the past couple of days.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
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Outside, deer, hawks, and even whales offshore remind you how wild this stretch of coast still is.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 24 Feb. 2026
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Clouds will tend to build through the day as a weak low pressure develops offshore.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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The epicenter was just offshore at a depth of about 10 miles.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2022
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Many qualified workers will choose to move offshore and work from there to avoid the visa fee.
—Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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To pursue big-game fish offshore, look for a burly oversized spinning reel.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
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Gusty showers and storms from Wednesday evening have moved well offshore.
—Steven Sosna, CBS News, 14 May 2026
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When that happens, the bass have moved offshore in search of colder water and schools of bait.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
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But if the coastal system tracks further offshore, that would lead to lower amounts.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
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Yet the real intrigue lies offshore.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
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Morning beach walks might bring sightings of humpback whales just offshore.
—Pismo Beach Conference, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
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Traps at that depth would be 10 to 20 miles offshore on the Gulf coast.
—Bill Kearney, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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If storm tracks farther offshore, there will be heavy snow with little or no sleet or freezing rain.
—Bill Kelly, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
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The men then take the lines offshore to farms of about 2,500 meters squared.
—Mariejo Ramos, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2023
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Rescuers arrived to find the dog about 30 yards offshore.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
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Rescuers arrived to find the dog about 30 yards offshore.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
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This story has been corrected to say the quake did not occur offshore.
—Mari Yamaguchi, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
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Horseshoe Reef is about four miles offshore of Key Largo.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
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The storm tracks far enough offshore to prevent it from being a major event in most areas.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
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It was initially observed near the coast but has since moved farther offshore.
—Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
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Split was known to fish near the mouth of the Grand River and slightly offshore.
—Adam Sabes, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2023
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Even if the storm stays farther offshore, strong winds will be possible over the weekend.
—Tammie Souza, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
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The worst of the storm will stay offshore, but fringe impacts will hit Maryland beaches.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
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During that search, Gay’s body was found by a helicopter four miles offshore.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
- He works on an offshore oil rig.
- We sailed to an offshore island.
- They opened an offshore bank account.
- He traced the money to an offshore investment company.
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Neon will rep offshore sales rights.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
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A lot of this market was offshore for too long.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
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Think deep-sea mining or offshore oil drilling.
—Justin Worland, Time, 28 May 2026
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Much of that comes from sales of offshore and onshore wind turbines.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 July 2026
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The offshore coin keeps the larger and faster-growing base abroad.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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Investors for future offshore wind projects will be thin on the ground.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
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Both are major players in the offshore wind space.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Take the offshore project in Virginia.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2026
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Partied with rock stars, danced and sang, and racked up cash in offshore accounts.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
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South Fork, our first offshore wind project, runs baseload power most of the time.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
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Here are the types of sharks that are most likely to grab hold from the bay to offshore waters.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
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The next wave is hitting offshore offices.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
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Wealthy elites must back entrepreneurs, not offshore accounts.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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The offshore wind restrictions are at the heart of that debate.
—Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
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This growth has been largely spurred by global offshore wind and small-scale solar.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
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The businesses that build truly durable offshore teams aren’t the ones that got the best rate.
—William Jones, USA Today, 18 June 2026
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Did Cami move forward with the offshore drill?
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
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Most conversations about offshore staffing start and end with cost.
—William Jones, USA Today, 18 June 2026
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And certainly, offshore wind has been a great resource in any number of places.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
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But many offshore wind believers say the train has already left the station.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
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More than five decades later, his vision for offshore wind power is big business.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026
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One way accounting and tax firms can help fill these staffing gaps is through offshore outsourcing.
—Hitendra Patil, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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The truth is that offshore wind projects off the Jersey Shore never even got built.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Picture an offshore wind skyscraper made of rotors.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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But the House Democrats say more could be done to regulate even those offshore trades.
—Justin Papp, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
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That brings us to the recent deals with offshore wind developers.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
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Iceland’s hope of finding oil offshore its coast is fading after China and Norway decided to back out of the island nation’s only remaining exploration license.
—Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Bloomberg.com, 2018-01-23
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