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
In a bold architectural move, there are no glass windows; instead, wooden shutters fold open to let the sea breeze and the sounds of the neighboring ecological reserve wash over you.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
Temperatures are expected to be in the 90s, including along the coast thanks to a lack of sea breeze.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Picture waking up on a sunny morning, sliding floor-to-ceiling glass doors open, and stepping out onto a balcony to catch the sea breeze.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026
Boston has had just two days in the 70s thus far and inland locations (away from sea breezes) a few more.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
Temperatures are expected to be in the 90s, including along the coast thanks to a lack of sea breeze.
—Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Picture waking up on a sunny morning, sliding floor-to-ceiling glass doors open, and stepping out onto a balcony to catch the sea breeze.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026
Boston has had just two days in the 70s thus far and inland locations (away from sea breezes) a few more.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea breeze
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The angel wore a trim charcoal Borsalino with a tiny bouquet of songbird feathers and a scarlet paisley scarf that rippled in the breeze.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Up high, fresh laundry quivers in the breeze like bunting, pegged precariously to twine stretched taut between windows.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
3 June 2026
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Energy addition refers to a push to develop new technologies, such as renewables like solar and wind, in parallel with existing fossil fuels.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Researchers think a hot, energetic wind blowing from Sgr A* created this structure by sweeping the cold gas away or heating it up.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Yang suspects that the same reactions that take place in a combustion engine could be occurring naturally within certain mini-Neptunes, producing PAHS that amalgamate as clouds of soot that then rise higher into the atmosphere, perhaps driven upwards by thermal convection currents.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 June 2026
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Delisle had seen enough to know that these currents were overwhelming, even dangerous at times.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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“Sea breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20breeze. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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