oceangoing

Definition of oceangoingnext

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Recent Examples of oceangoing In total, there were 1,009 oceangoing transits across all vessel sizes, amounting to 32.5 transits per day. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Sep. 2025 The first oceangoing reactor was deployed on a US submarine in 1955. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025 China has 700 oceangoing vessels, the U.S. fewer than 300. Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 This combination of space, intimacy, pastoral views and access to exceptional vineyards can’t be replicated on oceangoing yachts. Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for oceangoing
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Adjective
  • While European officials have expressed concern that global food, fertilizer and energy supplies are at risk as a result of the Strait of Hormuz being effectively closed, there is little appetite to expand naval operations in the Middle East to assist the movements of vessels through the channel.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Ahead of a meeting in Brussels, the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss possibly extending a naval mission that protects ships in the Red Sea to the Strait of Hormuz, without giving any details.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
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
  • The two companies plan to equip up to 100 of their seagoing ships with Alsym batteries as an auxiliary power source.
    Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022

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“Oceangoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oceangoing. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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