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seaport

noun

Definition of seaport

as in canal

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Recent Examples of seaport While the timing of the review coincided with Jensen Hughes’ work on the airport and seaport, Jensen Hughes was never tasked with that study. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026 Below the Rock was a seaport and an airstrip with regular military flights to London. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 As soon as this Sunday, a Long March 5 rocket will launch from a coastal seaport in China, carrying the Chang’e 7 lunar exploration mission, Ars reports. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 Securing access to Haiti’s main airport and seaport, restoring links to the south, expanding voter registration and building trauma centers for police are cast as urgent tests for international resolve. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seaport

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Noun

There were no signs that the shark had been feeding regularly during its monthlong stay in the canal, and falling water temperatures could pose additional health risks, officials say.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Musk already has this via Larry, a close business associate who bankrolled the Twitter buy, but writing an eleven-figure check has a funny way of prying open the canal further.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of canal

Noun

The interview was conducted on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, which had just returned to its home port in San Diego after a lengthy deployment in the Middle East to support the Iran war.

— Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
Trump’s announcement was made the same day the USS Abraham Lincoln was due to arrive to its home port in San Diego after a record-long deployment in support of the Iran war.

— Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of home port

Noun

Its internal weapons bays should accommodate munitions weighing up to 2,000 pounds.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Ugreen says this capability adds the option for enterprise-class endurance and sustained write performance in the main storage bay, which would be beneficial for housing active project files, virtual machine storage, or databases.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of bay

Noun

Studied moments of resonance display Chen’s growing mastery of her disparate sound palette.

— James Gui, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
Communicating entirely through percussive movements and sounds and enough slaps to make the Three Stooges envious, the wild-haired creatures mainly seem to be auditioning for their own big-screen spin-off to compete with the Minions.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of sound

Noun

But this region in midwest Ireland, steeped in folklore, where the River Shannon meets the estuary’s tidal waters before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, is also the unlikely site of bustling production activity.

— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Evening came on; behind the remains of the summer house, the tide could be heard rushing up the estuary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of estuary

Noun

Around back, the Studio 1 keeps its connections neatly organized, with USB-C and Ethernet ports at the lower left and a recessed power inlet and physical rocker switch on the right.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Ponds, inlets, and outfalls that are not maintained do not perform as designed, and deferred maintenance is the most common reason a system that looks adequate on paper floods in practice.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of inlet

Noun

According to reporting by Ocula, the global strikes called for an end to the use of ports for transporting arms—art workers also issued demands for better living and working conditions.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Nov. 2026
The latest proposal Iran has publicly discussed would fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping within two days if Washington meets several conditions, including lifting its blockade of Iranian ports.

— Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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