as in sea
the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth
sailors shipwrecked by the wild waves of Neptune
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Recent Examples of Neptune
The Florida State University grad is New York-based now, but was born and raised in Neptune Beach.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
In 1989: The U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 reached Neptune, sending back the first close-up photographs of the eighth planet.
—AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Kyiv famously used its Neptune anti-ship missile to sink the Moskva, Russia's Black Sea fleet flagship, in the early weeks of the full-scale war.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
However, Mars’ opposition to Saturn and Neptune in Aries (your second house of stability) highlights issues with money and your sense of self-worth.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
In 1989: The U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 reached Neptune, sending back the first close-up photographs of the eighth planet.
—AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Kyiv famously used its Neptune anti-ship missile to sink the Moskva, Russia's Black Sea fleet flagship, in the early weeks of the full-scale war.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
However, Mars’ opposition to Saturn and Neptune in Aries (your second house of stability) highlights issues with money and your sense of self-worth.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Neptune
Noun
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And then the sea sent the boat shooting upward again, to the crest of a wave, the sky a blanket of stars.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Clark, who knelt beside Foo 30 years ago when the surfer was pulled lifeless from the sea, watched Slebir’s epic ride that day from the back of a Sea-Doo, set up to pull flailing surfers aboard.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Restaurant Mola Mola At the southern tip of Ishigaki inside Ishigaki Seaside Hotel, Mola Mola offers sweeping ocean views and an impressive buffet.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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But these aerosols could also deplete the ozone layer or worsen ocean acidification.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Neptune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Neptune. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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