oceangoing

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Recent Examples of oceangoing 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 Oceania Cruises operates several oceangoing sailings that include ports of call in India. Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2025 The rings would have strengthened the masts of a large oceangoing sailing ship. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for oceangoing
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Adjective
  • In Top Gun, Tom Cruise (who famously does all his own stunts) stars as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, a daring naval aviator training at the elite Top Gun school.
    Jené Luciani Sena may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
  • With Operation Midnight Hammer—a complex operation involving hundreds of aircraft and naval vessels, several dozen Tomahawk missiles, and 14 Massive Ordnance Penetrators—America joined Israel’s campaign against Iran’s nuclear program.
    NR Editors, National Review, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 3 Jul. 2025.

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