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 The weekend was worth $13.5M in 71 markets, and increased the offshore cume to $39.1M for $161.6M global to date. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2025 He has been blamed for the company’s offshore tax tactics, its China expansion and its investment choices, all of which may have been reflective of shrewd management of a private enterprise, but are not necessarily appealing to voters. Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 Just last month, his administration revoked the Clean Air Permit for Atlantic Shores, another offshore wind project off the coast of New Jersey. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 The Chinese offshore yuan weakened to a record low of 7.4287 against the U.S. dollar earlier this week after the People’s Bank of China set its midpoint rate at its weakest level since 2023. Lee Ying Shan,asriel Chua, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for offshore

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“Offshore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offshore. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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