oceanic
Example Sentences
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Their vibrant, jam-packed settings depict anything from an oceanic rave to a rainbow-hued big top performance to a joyride through the cosmos.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Greenland’s geopolitical relevance—for oceanic and space domination, for missile defense, for critical-mineral extraction, for oil and gas—has only grown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
It developed a state-of-the-art oceanic passageway that helped transform global shipping as supertankers and containerships grew bigger and bigger.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
Continental crust: The thick, buoyant type of crust that forms Earth's continents, distinct from the thinner oceanic crust.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025
His father was heir to the Vanderbilt railroad and oceanic shipping fortune; his mother’s father had invented the fantastically lucrative Bromo-Seltzer.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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