Thesaurus results for OCEANS

oceans

noun

plural of ocean

as in abysses

an immeasurable depth or space with a single bound from the top of the cliff, he propelled the hang glider into the ocean of air over the valley

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Recent Examples of oceans Microplastics are in our oceans and mountains, our food, and even our bodies. —

Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 May 2026 The other key piece of the board in the West is the Panama Canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. —

Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 May 2026 As Earth’s tectonic plates shifted, huge volumes of volcanic gas and carbon dioxide transformed the atmosphere, sucking oxygen out of the oceans and devastating shallow-water environments. —

Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026 Historically, the global textile industry has been a significant environmental offender, accounting for up to 8 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and 9 percent of microplastic pollution in the oceans. —

Fmg Studios, Footwear News, 1 May 2026 Venter also led an effort to explore the world’s oceans and trace the genetics of marine microbial communities. —

Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026 They have been found everywhere, from deep oceans to towering mountains. —

Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026 Normally, about 6% of global trade passes through the Panama Canal, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in Central America, according to Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice at Syracuse University. —

Alma Solís, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Local villages are actively monitoring the oceans and reefs in their environment, and backlash to a recent plan from a billionaire Australian to build a giant plant to incinerate rubbish in Fiji was loud and well organized, says Singh. —

Michelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026

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Jean-Pierre is an artifact of an age that looks recent on paper but feels prehistoric in practice—the age of pantsuits, the word ’empowerment,’ the musical Hamilton, the cheap therapeutic entreaties to ‘work on yourself’ and ‘lean in’ to various corporate abysses.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
On the other side of the country, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, a longtime reader favorite, is a warm alternative to sterile airport abysses.

— Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2024