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seawater

[see-waw-ter, -wot-er] / ˈsiˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /
NOUN
salt water
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The restoration project at Steart Marshes was completed in 2014, transforming former farmland into a coastal wetland by allowing seawater to flow back across the fields.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

On Sunday, the seawater level hit a preliminary high of 7.71 feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Earnings at Mowi’s Canadian operations were wiped out last year after record warm seawater led to a “significant mortality incident.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Arctic Ocean is covered by a vast expanse of frozen seawater that expands and contracts with the seasons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

The pages were warped and brittle from having been soaked again and again in seawater and then, she imagined, laid out to dry in the sun.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The rocket parts were found near seawaters where the Philippine Space Agency had earlier warned the public the debris would likely fall.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

Philippine Space Agency official Marc Talampas said authorities have been advised to be on the lookout for the rocket debris, which may have splashed down into seawaters off Palawan province.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2022

The good news is that we can change the games we play much easier than we can change our agricultural infrastructure, or evacuate the billions who live in the path of rising seawaters.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2016

A few cars have been damaged—or, as McKie described it, “ruined” by “surging seawaters that corrode and rot their innards.”

From Time ● Jul. 14, 2014


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