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onshore

[on-shawr, -shohr, awn-] / ˈɒnˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr, ˈɔn- /
ADJECTIVE
coastal
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Companies could offer staff alternative onshore roles but Skinner warned: "If somebody has chosen not to lose weight then there's a real possibility they could lose their job."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

This propelled further gas exploration both onshore and offshore, with the largest single discovery of 2.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in 2016.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The license will let the banking giant establish an onshore company offering a suite of capital markets services to domestic and foreign clients, including underwriting capital markets deals and equities brokerage services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Beaches typically go through a seasonal cycle with powerful winter waves dragging sand out to sea and more mild summer waves depositing the sand back onshore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

He spent the day there, and that afternoon he found something else that had floated onshore.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney


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