anchorages

plural of anchorage

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Recent Examples of anchorages At 8,614 feet, the Mackinac Bridge is still the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Several small craft broken away from moorings, especially in unprotected anchorages. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025 The yacht will remain in the Mediterranean for the season, allowing her owner to explore storied coastlines and hidden anchorages. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2025 The marina in Pylos and the Bay of Navarino in general, provide safe anchorages for private yachts, sailing boats and cruise ships. Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anchorages
Noun
  • Given their historic links to trade, Chinatowns often occupied downtown locations close to busy ports or densely populated urban centers.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • From data centers to airlines, commodities to videogames, electric cars to the ports and shipping lines used to move them and other goods around the world, a handful of funds fueled by oil sales are increasingly touching the lives of people all over the world.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But not all super polluters are not all power plants or oil refineries — for example, in Boston as well as Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, domestic shipping in and out of harbors qualifies as a super polluter.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Friesen, who studies the coevolution of plants and rhizobia, writes that just one gram of plant tissue harbors between 10 million and 10 billion endophytic bacteria alone.
    Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Anchorages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anchorages. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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