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Recent Examples of oceans But as the oceans have been warming rapidly, that old 30-year average can be out of date. —

CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026 Some are covered in oceans, some erupt with lava, and others hide mysterious subsurface seas that could potentially support life. —

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 1 Mar. 2026 That brings the total number of spills for the decade to 308,000 barrels of oil leaked into the oceans. —

New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026 Forests and oceans actively influence how growth is defined, how risk is understood and how success is measured over time. —

Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026 Understanding how hurricanes influence that productivity is increasingly important as warming oceans fuel stronger storms. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026 At some point, likely within the next two billion years, those temperatures will rise so high that our oceans will boil away; shortly after that, it’s expected that life on our planet will go completely extinct. —

Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026 This eco-friendly dog who helps pick up trash from the oceans and streets. —

Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 Kyne said climate change and warming oceans could potentially be driving sharks toward colder Southern Hemisphere waters, but data on range changes near Antarctica is limited due to the region’s remoteness. —

Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026

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Noun

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