Examples of seawater in a Sentence
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She’s been trapped in Miami over fifty years, knows all too well its sunrises and sunsets and storms and dirty seawater.
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David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
After more than a decade of cleanup work, the plant began discharging the water after treating it and diluting it with seawater on Aug. 24, starting a process that’s expected to take decades.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
This material's exceptional resistance to corrosion, especially against the relentless embrace of seawater, positions it as an ideal candidate for a diver's watch, where durability is paramount.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Armed police officers and soldiers training in seawater in Fangchenggang City, China's Guangxi autonomous region, on July 24, 2023
After Mao’s death in 1976, the country started shifting its focus to economic growth rather than political struggle.
—Laura He, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
The lake cascaded into the Atlantic Ocean, where the freshwater pooled over the denser seawater, disrupting the convection current carrying warm water north from the tropics.
—Zach St. George, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
It would be built on concrete caissons, similar to stilts commonly seen in East Coast coastal communities, to allow seawater to wash under the home, according to the plans submitted to the Coastal Commission.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Meanwhile, Israel’s flooding of the tunnels under parts of the Gaza Strip with seawater risks killing remaining crops, leaving the land too salty and rendering it unstable and prone to sinkholes.
—Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
By the mid-2000s, when Cassini saw—and sampled—telltale plumes of seawater gushing from the south pole of Enceladus, a paradigm shift was clearly at hand: oceans were lurking practically everywhere scientists looked in the outer solar system.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
After more than a decade of cleanup work, the plant began discharging the water after treating it and diluting it with seawater on Aug. 24, starting a process that’s expected to take decades.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
This material's exceptional resistance to corrosion, especially against the relentless embrace of seawater, positions it as an ideal candidate for a diver's watch, where durability is paramount.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Armed police officers and soldiers training in seawater in Fangchenggang City, China's Guangxi autonomous region, on July 24, 2023
After Mao’s death in 1976, the country started shifting its focus to economic growth rather than political struggle.
—Laura He, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
The lake cascaded into the Atlantic Ocean, where the freshwater pooled over the denser seawater, disrupting the convection current carrying warm water north from the tropics.
—Zach St. George, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
It would be built on concrete caissons, similar to stilts commonly seen in East Coast coastal communities, to allow seawater to wash under the home, according to the plans submitted to the Coastal Commission.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Meanwhile, Israel’s flooding of the tunnels under parts of the Gaza Strip with seawater risks killing remaining crops, leaving the land too salty and rendering it unstable and prone to sinkholes.
—Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
By the mid-2000s, when Cassini saw—and sampled—telltale plumes of seawater gushing from the south pole of Enceladus, a paradigm shift was clearly at hand: oceans were lurking practically everywhere scientists looked in the outer solar system.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Seawater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seawater. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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seawater
noun
sea·wa·ter
ˈsē-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: water in or from the sea
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