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
In 2023, for example, astronomers found a planet with the mass of Neptune orbiting a star with a mass nine times less than that of our sun.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2025
To match its maritime origins, it was incised with designs of cavorting Tritons and surmounted with a silver Neptune riding a hippocampus—a lot of gaudy ornament around a big brown husk.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025
The physics behind this is complex, but in a nutshell, small changes in the orbit of Neptune—the major planet most affected by a star passing by—propagate inward.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2025
Surf and shore fishing are allowed outside of swimming areas.
98 Neptune Ave., New London, CT
Lifeguards on duty during daytime hours.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2025
To match its maritime origins, it was incised with designs of cavorting Tritons and surmounted with a silver Neptune riding a hippocampus—a lot of gaudy ornament around a big brown husk.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025
The physics behind this is complex, but in a nutshell, small changes in the orbit of Neptune—the major planet most affected by a star passing by—propagate inward.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2025
Surf and shore fishing are allowed outside of swimming areas.
98 Neptune Ave., New London, CT
Lifeguards on duty during daytime hours.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Neptune
Noun
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But a sea of chaos is exactly the milieu in which leaders can make a critical difference because so much energy is free floating.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Isidro Pérez spent his life by the sea: first, during his childhood in Cuba, and at the end, on a house-boat off the coast of Key Largo with his dogs.—
Claire Healy,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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The two side boosters returned for a land landing at Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station while the center core stage fell into the ocean.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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Barracudas are prominent predatory fish found in tropical and subtropical oceans, including the Caribbean Sea.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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“Neptune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Neptune. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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