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Recent Examples of blue-water
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 2026
Its economy and military paled in comparison with the United States’s industrial might, blue-water navy, and network of overseas bases.
—Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
Purple wildflowers stick out of mossy grass, and the electric-blue water and white sand look more Caribbean than Arctic.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Alongside the Yanan segment, CCTV also aired images of the Type 055 destroyer Nanchang carrying out a similar mission while operating with the aircraft carrier Liaoning on a blue-water deployment.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 2026
Its economy and military paled in comparison with the United States’s industrial might, blue-water navy, and network of overseas bases.
—Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
Noun
Delray Municipal Beach is easy to reach and even easier to enjoy, with clear blue water, wide stretches of sand, and cabana rentals available for those planning to linger.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
Purple wildflowers stick out of mossy grass, and the electric-blue water and white sand look more Caribbean than Arctic.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue-water
Adjective
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Pisces is a water sign, represented by a fish, so it's often associated with shades of blue, but there's a whole world of oceanic shades to play with.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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Again and again, Tennyson fills his beautifully wrought poems with enormous, unfathomable depths—sometimes cosmic, sometimes temporal, sometimes psychological, often oceanic.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The picture that emerges is of a deep-sea world far more active and interconnected than surface observations would suggest.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Feb. 2026
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Both offer public fishing excursions and private charters, cruising near the shore or heading out to the open ocean for deep-sea fishing.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Lunch is à la carte, and dinner is a tasting menu that varies every night, depending on what the countryside, the sea, and the orchard offer that day.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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If you're all set on aquamarine, explore a full rainbow of sea foam green, olive, and chartreuse.—
Katherine J Igoe,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Blue-water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-water. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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