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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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The alliance had been crucial during America’s War of Independence, providing naval power under admirals such as de Grasse, troops at Yorktown, and loans that kept the Continental Army afloat.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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One advanced alloy, made of 70 percent copper and 30 percent nickel, is widely used in naval applications.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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In total, there were 1,009 oceangoing transits across all vessel sizes, amounting to 32.5 transits per day.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Chinese and American hospital ship deployments come after China commissioned its third oceangoing hospital ship, CNS Auspicious Ark, in May—a major milestone that now sees all three of China's theater command fleets equipped with their own hospital ships.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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“Seagoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seagoing. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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