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as in oceanic
of, relating to, or occurring in the open sea an experienced hand at blue-water sailing in the South Pacific

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blue water

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Adjective
With 663 miles of beaches, Florida is rich in coastal escapes with white sand, clear blue water, and some of the best sunsets in the country. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025 In the final clip, the actress jumps off the edge and into the deep blue water below. Colson Thayer, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025 The sight of clear, blue water is synonymous with a sense of peace. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025 For a stretch, that is where Blake Lively, Gigi Hadid, Karlie Kloss and other friends of Swift gathered for Fourth of July parties that were complete with a gigantic inflatable red, white and blue water slide. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for blue water
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Adjective
  • Over the past fifty years, populations of oceanic sharks and rays have declined by over 70 percent.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Dynamical climate models play a leading role, but forecasters also consider soil moisture, long-term climate trends and oceanic and atmospheric patterns like El Niño and La Niña.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Recently, however, talk of deep-sea mining has resumed.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The lenses of deep-sea fish are also especially susceptible to clouding, in the same way that egg whites go from clear to opaque when hard-boiled.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The resort's Star Camp kids club encourages youngsters to be stewards of the land and sea, emphasizing sustainable initiatives such as recycling and ocean ecology.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The Navy searched the area extensively, but after two weeks, Earhart and Noonan were declared lost at sea.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Blue water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue%20water. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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