as in bay
a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
the city sits on the shores of a deep estuary where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean
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Recent Examples of estuary
Some shark species can be found in North Carolina’s sounds and oceans, while others rarely venture into the state’s estuaries, the North Carolina Sea Grant says.
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Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
Firefighters worked to protect other vessels in the 2500 block of Blanding Avenue in the estuary from being impacted and deployed a floating boom to prevent oil spread, the department said on X shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Flash rip currents are unpredictable, brief and affected by surf conditions, whereas a permanent rip is anchored to river estuaries or structures.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Powerful tidal currents in bays, estuary entrances, narrow straits, and inlets from the sea turn underwater turbines that are connected to a generator to produce electricity.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 July 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
Firefighters worked to protect other vessels in the 2500 block of Blanding Avenue in the estuary from being impacted and deployed a floating boom to prevent oil spread, the department said on X shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Flash rip currents are unpredictable, brief and affected by surf conditions, whereas a permanent rip is anchored to river estuaries or structures.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Powerful tidal currents in bays, estuary entrances, narrow straits, and inlets from the sea turn underwater turbines that are connected to a generator to produce electricity.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estuary
Noun
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The island is so close to shore and the water in the bay, which the breeze had rucked into a frenzy of small whitecaps, didn’t seem to be giving the smaller fishing boats any trouble.—
Emma Sloley
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Researchers with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy are hoping to learn more about these shark and hooked striped bass interactions this summer, and the camera tags in Cape Cod Bay may help shed some light on this shark behavior in the bay.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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Bleary-eyed coverage that kicks off before sunrise in the States, with gusts off the firth and cut lines that can swallow a top 10 in an hour.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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The school also placed firth in overall math growth at 89.70% and third overall in English/language arts growth at 86.60%. EStem Junior High School in East Village's math scores grew at a rate of 84.71%, ranking fourth among central Arkansas middle schools.—
Lena Miano,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Estuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estuary. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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