Thesaurus results for SEA BREEZE

sea breeze

noun

Definition of sea breeze

as in breeze

a light air movement that blows from the sea toward land The sea breeze moderates the town's temperature, making it several degrees cooler on hot days than locations inland.

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Recent Examples of sea breeze The sea breeze picks up in the afternoon, which ushers in air cooled off by the ocean and fog across the Bay. — Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 Even at the peak of the season (between exhaustive heat waves), some days are cooler and rainier than others, or even chilly with the sea breeze. — Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026 Wherever your summer getaway takes you along the Southern Maine coast, the cooling sea breezes are sure to follow. — Josh Roberts, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 His idyllic days were marked with sea breezes, rose petals scattered on the beach, and rosehips growing amidst seagrass, honeysuckle, and black-raspberry vines. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sea breeze

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There is also a focus on air and light, with the main lobby and restaurant having vast open walls, open-air ceilings, indoor gardens, and neat pools of water, all of which allow the Mediterranean breeze to circulate through.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Its smaller brush head and slim, ergonomic handle make even styling shorter hair a breeze, giving you better control to lift roots, shape ends, and add volume without the arm workout.

— Madison San Miguel, Allure, 6 Oct. 2026

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The European Commission is aware of this challenge and opened a foreign subsidies investigation into Goldwind’s activities in the EU wind sector in February.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
In this case, the Malwarebytes blog caught wind of a new one, designed to look almost exactly like an actual Apple website, complete with the company's branding.

— Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

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In the lab, doctoral researcher Alok Pandey will dissolve the three elements in molten salt solvents and run electrical currents through the mixture.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Their answer is a study, described in Advanced Energy Materials, that turns indoor humidity into a small electric current.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026

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