as in coastal
of, relating to, or situated in the waters near the shore
environmentalists adamantly opposed offshore drilling in the area
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Recent Examples of offshore
Clarke played fantasy football for years and casually bet on offshore sportsbooks.
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026
Nahmad had furthermore claimed the painting belonged not to him personally but to an offshore entity, the International Art Center.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2026
The Infrastructure of Belonging Remote Employee®’s offshoring model places offshore employees in professional office environments with business-grade equipment that mirrors what a client’s onshore team uses.
—William Jones, USA Today, 18 June 2026
According to testimony from the Delaware case, the company allowed Chinese investors to buy stakes in SpaceX so long as the money was routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs.
—Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 18 June 2026
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026
Nahmad had furthermore claimed the painting belonged not to him personally but to an offshore entity, the International Art Center.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2026
The Infrastructure of Belonging Remote Employee®’s offshoring model places offshore employees in professional office environments with business-grade equipment that mirrors what a client’s onshore team uses.
—William Jones, USA Today, 18 June 2026
According to testimony from the Delaware case, the company allowed Chinese investors to buy stakes in SpaceX so long as the money was routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs.
—Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offshore
coastal
Adjective
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An enormous amount of the population live in small coastal towns.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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This trail and several others with magnificent towering rain forest and coastal views can be found at this 2,484-acre state park a 10-minute drive south of Cannon Beach.—
Molly Allen,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
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“Offshore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offshore. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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