deepwater

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Recent Examples of deepwater Seizing Taiwan would allow China to dock submarines in the deepwater ports off Taiwan’s eastern coast, which would extend their range and enable them to avoid some U.S. underwater sensors in the Miyako and Luzon Straits. Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 Offshore workers examine hydrocarbon samples aboard the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, May 18, 2018. Jesse Pound, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025 Hydrocarbons – Worst Performers KOS (Kosmos Energy): Kosmos Energy is focused on deepwater exploration and production in offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as well as Mauritania and Senegal. Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 Helmed by fifth-generation fishmonger Vinny Milburn, the store stocks oysters from North Haven, rare deepwater shrimp from Montauk, and steelhead trout from the Hudson Valley — all subject to seasonality and availability. Maria Yagoda, Curbed, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for deepwater
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deepwater
Adjective
  • The new study suggests, however, that records of ancient tsunamis may be found in the form of amber and other terrestrial material deposited in deep-sea sediments.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2025
  • The practice of deep-sea mining involves using machinery to remove minerals and metals — such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese — from the seabed.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • These strands, which conduct information as pulses of light, have long been vulnerable to accidental damage by fishing trawlers and curious marine predators; more recently, there are fears that they’ve been targeted by saboteurs in the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • The cloud may disorient and impair the vision of marine life that depend on sight to navigate or hunt for prey—or smother others.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025

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“Deepwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deepwater. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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