as in navigational
of or relating to navigation of the sea
collected sextants and other antique nautical equipment
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Recent Examples of nautical
Stroll under tangled garlands of buoys and past glassblowers shaping octopi in real-time, and browse everything from handmade ceramics to local paintings, textiles, and nautical tchotchkes.
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025
The bag collection is launching with a direct-to-consumer approach, and several activations are in the pipeline at key upmarket destinations to reaffirm its nautical heritage.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
The couple, who confirmed their romance in October 2023 and made their red carpet debut in June 2025, looked directly at the camera for a fun picture in matching nautical hats.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 July 2025
Its 12 cottages have nautical touches in one-of-a-kind interiors.
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—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 29 July 2025
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025
The bag collection is launching with a direct-to-consumer approach, and several activations are in the pipeline at key upmarket destinations to reaffirm its nautical heritage.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 31 July 2025
The couple, who confirmed their romance in October 2023 and made their red carpet debut in June 2025, looked directly at the camera for a fun picture in matching nautical hats.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 July 2025
Its 12 cottages have nautical touches in one-of-a-kind interiors.
7.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nautical
Adjective
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Rivera Lynch, who was born in Milwaukee, lived with his dad in Middleburg, Fla., where the father is a command information system security manager at the nearby naval air base.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey launched that naval force a year ago to deal with mines in Black Sea waters.—
Lorne Cook,
Fortune,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Shortly after the fire began, the Turkish Coast Guard posted that marine traffic was temporarily suspended in the north-south direction, Al Arabiya reported.—
Anna Skinner
Amanda Castro
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Many marine species, especially large predators like sharks, depend on specific habitats at key points in their lives.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Not since Captain Phillips have I been so gripped by this kind of maritime warfare, all of which reaches its climax when Kiki starts handing out water guns.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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More recently, the Ukrainians are effectively employing small aerial drones to destroy Russian tanks and maritime drones to destroy Russian capital ships.—
Michael Brown,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Nautical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nautical. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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