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

Mr. Nézet-Séguin found the score’s oceanic qualities without wallowing in them, holding to its throughline even in the most fervid passages, and making the mood changes between the acts and within them clear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Before the plate boundary moved into the area, the oceanic crust there had already become unusually thick and heated.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 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

She eased it away and turned her attention to the task, still dizzy from the sense of oceanic gladness that surrounded her.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman