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Recent Examples of blue-water
Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The eye itself is actually a 164-foot-deep cave, which gives it a darker center, like a pupil, surrounded by electric blue waters like an iris.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2024
This is armchair travel at its finest: a kaleidoscope of rainbow beach umbrellas crowd the frame here; couples sunbathe on the rocky shores of the Amalfi there; behind it all, the dazzling blue waters of the Mediterranean, or Tyrrhenian Sea.
—Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
Maher’s cover, which debuted last month, featured her standing almost defiantly on a dock on Fire Island Beach in Bellport, New York, with blue water and green-yellow marshland behind her.
—Frankie De La Cretaz, Them, 10 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The island is only 10 square miles at an elevation of less than 10 feet above sea level, according to National Geographic.
Tuvalu, surrounded by blue waters, was formed around the Te Namo Lagoon, leaving only a ring of land for its less than 12,000 natives.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The eye itself is actually a 164-foot-deep cave, which gives it a darker center, like a pupil, surrounded by electric blue waters like an iris.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2024
This is armchair travel at its finest: a kaleidoscope of rainbow beach umbrellas crowd the frame here; couples sunbathe on the rocky shores of the Amalfi there; behind it all, the dazzling blue waters of the Mediterranean, or Tyrrhenian Sea.
—Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
Maher’s cover, which debuted last month, featured her standing almost defiantly on a dock on Fire Island Beach in Bellport, New York, with blue water and green-yellow marshland behind her.
—Frankie De La Cretaz, Them, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blue-water
Adjective
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During the late Eocene and early Oligocene epochs, sea levels dropped as glaciers formed in Antarctica, narrowing the oceanic gap between continents.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Everywhere, the planet showed signs of heat swoon last year, with record high levels of water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; record low expanses of sea ice around Antarctica; and record oceanic temperatures in the North Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific Oceans.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The crab was found Aug. 6 at a depth of nearly 3,500 feet while scientists were collecting deep-sea coral samples, the agency said.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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Such areas teem with marine life, including octopuses, bacteria, mussels, deep-sea crabs and tubeworms.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The coastal areas of the Mediterranean basin have always been prone to extreme precipitation, especially in places where there are mountains near the sea.—
Samuel Granados,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Suddenly the sea rises and starts to flood the plain.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Blue-water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blue-water. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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