as in ocean
the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth
millions of plants and animals live in the sea
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As the planet continues to warm, melting ice caps and expanding the volume of sea water, scientists project bay waters will rise nearly another foot by 2050 and 3 feet or more by 2100, depending on how much emissions of fossil fuels rise or fall over the next 75 years worldwide.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The successful run showed the UGV could complete a sea-to-shore transit and then operate on land without direct human towing or recovery.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
When the team realized the tunnel appeared to lead right to the sea, Martínez reached out to Ballard to see what the tunnel might be pointing to underwater.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The successful run showed the UGV could complete a sea-to-shore transit and then operate on land without direct human towing or recovery.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
When the team realized the tunnel appeared to lead right to the sea, Martínez reached out to Ballard to see what the tunnel might be pointing to underwater.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea
ocean
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In the same way that eye lenses and corneas are composed of simplified tissues, many transparent ocean animals also fill much of their insides with gelatinous material or fluid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Trends observed include increases in hot extremes and extreme single-day precipitation events, declines in cold extremes, regional shifts in annual precipitation, warming of the Earth's oceans, a decrease in ocean pH, rising sea levels, and an increase in wildfire severity.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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