How to Use transatlantic in a Sentence

transatlantic

adjective
  • The peak year for the transatlantic slave trade was 1829.
    Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Which of course fueled the team’s transatlantic dreams.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • This isn’t the first such transatlantic supply chain to take shape.
    Mary Hui, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022
  • And make sure the next Duolingo doesn’t have to go transatlantic to find cash.
    Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Sitting for that long on a transatlantic flight is the most scary part for me.
    Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The route marks the airline's third transatlantic service.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In fact, it was once deemed to be the fastest transatlantic ship ever built.
    Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • That's - does that mean the transatlantic alliance is gone?
    CBS News, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The scope of the transatlantic slave trade was staggering.
    Chris Searles, National Geographic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • McCrear may well have been the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Think of wealth that can be traced back to transatlantic slavery.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • These are both compared to the impact of just one transatlantic flight a year.
    Cassie Werber, Quartz, 30 July 2019
  • This is not a time for lofty speeches about the need for transatlantic unity.
    Ulrich Schlie and Thomas Weber, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Instead, the current crisis has shown the strength of transatlantic ties.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The teen's father, who is a transatlantic sailor, was quickly on board with the concept.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
  • That includes Cape Coast Castle, which was a hub of the transatlantic slave trade.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The British finally outlawed the transatlantic trade in 1807 (the same year the United States did).
    Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020
  • My heartbeat thrummed in my ears as static danced in the background of the transatlantic call.
    Daniel Miller Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • There are shades of William F. Buckley, a little bit of a transatlantic lilt.
    Olivia Nuzzi, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The transatlantic slave trade killed millions of Africans who were forcibly taken from their homes.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In a May entry on his website, Fitzgerald claimed that the Jews played a role in the transatlantic slave trade.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 July 2018
  • Because of the transatlantic slave trade, we’ve been stripped of our identity in so many ways.
    Anna Katherine Clemmons, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • To this list can be added a new issue: patching up the transatlantic alliance.
    Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Any weakening of the transatlantic alliance would be a huge win for Putin.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
  • But Thomas the Tank Engine will be making the transatlantic journey.
    Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The savings discount is $5 per bag for transatlantic flights.
    Geoff Whitmore, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • To fuel your next transatlantic trip, here are 25 of the world’s best sandwiches.
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
  • The flight is United’s only transatlantic flight that does not serve a United hub.
    Ted Reed, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The transatlantic alliance is currently trying to reach an agreement that prevents some, if not all, of the duties put in place.
    Silvia Amaro, CNBC, 25 June 2025
  • Over the next decade, hundreds more women would make this transatlantic journey, and nearly all remained to marry and bear children.
    Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025

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