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Recent Examples of seagoing
The two companies plan to equip up to 100 of their seagoing ships with Alsym batteries as an auxiliary power source.
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Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
But before that ship hits the waves, its safety and seagoing capabilities need to be tested in the Navy’s immense indoor ocean facility.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022
The Falcon 9’s reusable first stage returned from space and successfully touched down on a seagoing landing platform in the Pacific Ocean.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
By 1640, for example, around a thousand seagoing ships were being constructed in the Netherlands each year, mostly for export markets.
—Aoife Daly, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022
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Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
But before that ship hits the waves, its safety and seagoing capabilities need to be tested in the Navy’s immense indoor ocean facility.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022
The Falcon 9’s reusable first stage returned from space and successfully touched down on a seagoing landing platform in the Pacific Ocean.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
By 1640, for example, around a thousand seagoing ships were being constructed in the Netherlands each year, mostly for export markets.
—Aoife Daly, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seagoing
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Despite reports of new naval escorts in recent days, a spokesperson for US Central Command said that had not happened.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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The Philippines is getting six used Japanese escort destroyers armed with anti-submarine and anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, and naval guns.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Today, fewer than 60 large oceangoing Jones Act tankers remain in service.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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That math pushes shippers toward barges and away from proper oceangoing vessels.—
Colin Grabow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Seagoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seagoing. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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