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Other species, like benthic (bottom-dwelling) sharks, have rougher or more robust denticles designed to resist wear as the shark brushes along the sea floor.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
This kills off the benthic life as well as the more commercially valuable crabs and finfish.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2025
And, like the small miracle of any benthic shine found in sandy human hands, Frame’s prolific œuvre very nearly didn’t exist for us, but for drastic, tidal chance.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Depositing the fleet of six benthic landers into the gulf has been an expensive and thorny process.
—Robin Catalano, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
This kills off the benthic life as well as the more commercially valuable crabs and finfish.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2025
And, like the small miracle of any benthic shine found in sandy human hands, Frame’s prolific œuvre very nearly didn’t exist for us, but for drastic, tidal chance.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Depositing the fleet of six benthic landers into the gulf has been an expensive and thorny process.
—Robin Catalano, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benthic
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For the advanced, channels around the islands work like pelagic highways, attracting more than 3,000 different marine species.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, offshore, the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge pulses with life: think harbor seals, black oystercatchers, and pelagic cormorants.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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According to research led by Chris Goldfinger, a marine geologist at Oregon State University, the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault could be synchronized—meaning that earthquakes on one fault could lead to seismic events on the other.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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This can help collect more marine research data.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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The quake was linked to movement along the Philippine Trench, a deep-sea fault zone located within the Pacific Ring of Fire.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Mapping deep-sea degraders Measuring weight loss proved that LAHB degraded.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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The 500,000-gallon, conical tank holds deepwater fish from the nearby Gulf Stream.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Furthermore, a preliminary agreement with Egypt’s EGAS may lead to the development of five deepwater gas wells in the Mediterranean, connecting to existing infrastructure.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Redwing is claimed to be a Slocum Sentinel Glider, which is the next generation of autonomous ocean gliders – this ultra-long endurance uncrewed vehicle allows for over a year of persistent ocean monitoring and has the size and energy to address the widest range of oceanographic missions.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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Early analysis of the 12-foot-long device showed sensors measuring temperature, depth, and seawater salinity—hallmarks of an oceanographic profiling mission, Tarriela said.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Benthic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benthic. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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