as in bay
a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
the city sits on the shores of a deep estuary where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean
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Recent Examples of estuary
Powerful tidal currents in bays, estuary entrances, narrow straits, and inlets from the sea turn underwater turbines that are connected to a generator to produce electricity.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 July 2025
The damage can easily be seen in the Indian River Lagoon, which reaches from Volusia to Martin along Florida’s east coast and is heralded as the nation’s most diverse estuary.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Photo by Frank Kennedy MN/Shutterstock Instead of Acadia National Park in Maine...
Visit Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota
More than 40 percent of Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park is covered in a network of lakes, rivers, and estuaries, and there are water activities aplenty.
—Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 23 Apr. 2025
With 17 miles of sandy beaches and North America’s most diverse estuary, the Indian River Lagoon, there are plenty of budget-conscious activities for visitors.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 July 2025
The damage can easily be seen in the Indian River Lagoon, which reaches from Volusia to Martin along Florida’s east coast and is heralded as the nation’s most diverse estuary.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Photo by Frank Kennedy MN/Shutterstock Instead of Acadia National Park in Maine...
Visit Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota
More than 40 percent of Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park is covered in a network of lakes, rivers, and estuaries, and there are water activities aplenty.
—Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 23 Apr. 2025
With 17 miles of sandy beaches and North America’s most diverse estuary, the Indian River Lagoon, there are plenty of budget-conscious activities for visitors.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estuary
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The island is so close to shore and the water in the bay, which the breeze had rucked into a frenzy of small whitecaps, didn’t seem to be giving the smaller fishing boats any trouble.—
Emma Sloley
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Researchers with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy are hoping to learn more about these shark and hooked striped bass interactions this summer, and the camera tags in Cape Cod Bay may help shed some light on this shark behavior in the bay.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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Bleary-eyed coverage that kicks off before sunrise in the States, with gusts off the firth and cut lines that can swallow a top 10 in an hour.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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The school also placed firth in overall math growth at 89.70% and third overall in English/language arts growth at 86.60%. EStem Junior High School in East Village's math scores grew at a rate of 84.71%, ranking fourth among central Arkansas middle schools.—
Lena Miano,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Estuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estuary. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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