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Recent Examples of deep-sea
Yet, incidental captures of these sharks still occur through passive fishing gear, which shows that even remote deep-sea habitats/animals are not entirely safe from human influence.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The restaurant offered various types of wild game on the menu, along with fresh walleye fish and deep-sea fish.
—Rashika Jaipuriar, IndyStar, 29 Jan. 2026
Many marine invertebrates can live incredible lifespans, with some deep-sea tube worms reaching 300 years old and one clam off the coast of Iceland having been found to be more than 500.
—Marina Wang, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
Resource exploration and future use Deep-sea strata are believed to contain strategically important resources, including natural gas hydrates, deep-sea rare-earth elements, and polymetallic nodules.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The restaurant offered various types of wild game on the menu, along with fresh walleye fish and deep-sea fish.
—Rashika Jaipuriar, IndyStar, 29 Jan. 2026
Many marine invertebrates can live incredible lifespans, with some deep-sea tube worms reaching 300 years old and one clam off the coast of Iceland having been found to be more than 500.
—Marina Wang, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
Resource exploration and future use Deep-sea strata are believed to contain strategically important resources, including natural gas hydrates, deep-sea rare-earth elements, and polymetallic nodules.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deep-sea
oceanic
Adjective
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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
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Dogfish have fewer electroreceptors than many open-water species such as blacktips and oceanic whitetips, which are susceptible to longlines meant for tuna and swordfish.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Deep-sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deep-sea. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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