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Recent Examples of oceangoing
As of September 2024, Drewry Airfreight Insights calculated that air cargo costs 5.6 times more to ship than its oceangoing counterpart.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
The Chinese navy, currently the largest in the world by hull count, has recently reached a major milestone by equipping each of three fleets with an oceangoing hospital ship, which experts claim can be deployed simultaneously to support different combat fronts.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The Song Hang was launched in 2017 as China's first oceangoing fishery survey ship.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Dhaka is the only major air export zone out of Bangladesh, with the Chattogram seaport carrying the load for oceangoing exports.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Apr. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
The Chinese navy, currently the largest in the world by hull count, has recently reached a major milestone by equipping each of three fleets with an oceangoing hospital ship, which experts claim can be deployed simultaneously to support different combat fronts.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The Song Hang was launched in 2017 as China's first oceangoing fishery survey ship.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Dhaka is the only major air export zone out of Bangladesh, with the Chattogram seaport carrying the load for oceangoing exports.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oceangoing
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The deployment of the Prince of Wales comes amid an intensifying naval rivalry between the United States—which operates the world's largest fleet of aircraft carriers—and China—which possesses the world's largest naval force by hull count—in the Pacific.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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George moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1946, hopping trains to get here, to work at the naval shipyards in Bremerton, Washington.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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Several seagoing outfits on Islamorada offer day trips to two other fascinating state parks: History filled Indian Key and the botanical wonders of Lignumvitae Key.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes,
27 Jan. 2023
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Meanwhile, post-doc Derek Tittensor has taken a broader view, looking at the worldwide distributions of over 11,500 seagoing species in 13 groups, from mangroves and seagrasses, to sharks, squids, and corals.—
Ed Yong,
Discover Magazine,
28 July 2010
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“Oceangoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oceangoing. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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