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Recent Examples of seaport
The New England seaport showcases its English colonial past with its quaint harbor, sea captains’ homes, and maritime festivals.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
Making both lists – whether at the top 50 or top 100 level, whether recovering from a drop in trade or not – is a good measure of a strong year, given that there were more than 800 U.S. airport, seaports and border crossings that conducted trade in 2024.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Accordingly, maps of urban projects, airports and seaports overlay the cartographic contours of Gaza; and a Gaza-West Bank corridor, which would be sealed for Israeli security, could connect the two geographically separate Palestinian territories.
—Christine Leuenberger, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
Less than 15 miles from Rome, Ostia Antica was once a bustling cosmopolitan seaport at the mouth of the Tiber River, where many Mediterranean cultures mingled.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
Making both lists – whether at the top 50 or top 100 level, whether recovering from a drop in trade or not – is a good measure of a strong year, given that there were more than 800 U.S. airport, seaports and border crossings that conducted trade in 2024.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Accordingly, maps of urban projects, airports and seaports overlay the cartographic contours of Gaza; and a Gaza-West Bank corridor, which would be sealed for Israeli security, could connect the two geographically separate Palestinian territories.
—Christine Leuenberger, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
Less than 15 miles from Rome, Ostia Antica was once a bustling cosmopolitan seaport at the mouth of the Tiber River, where many Mediterranean cultures mingled.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaport
Noun
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The Spanish immediately recognized the importance of the canal network.—
Ari Caramanica,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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The money was intended to help build three structures on canals and basins in North Miami-Dade and Broward counties to improve flood mitigation.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The ship, a 663-foot-long bulk carrier called the Manitoulin, had gotten stuck Wednesday morning about a mile off the shore of Buffalo, after delivering a shipment of wheat and attempting to return to its home port in Sarnia, Ontario, on Lake Huron.—
David Andreatta,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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It was spotted over the Yellow Sea off the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao, the home port of China's first operational aircraft carrier, CNS Liaoning.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Fifteen years after her husband’s drowning in the nearby bay, Tressilian’s days are spent in a cranky routine: grumbling over the obscene resort stationed on the opposite bluff, reading London’s gossip columns, and summoning the household help with the insistent ringing of a bedroom call bell.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Some cooks use bay leaves in the pantry to deter moths, weevils, and other pests.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Four days later, Todd used that fan’s sound to share a TikTok post of him in the recording studio.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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To listen to these recordings, to go back as far as the turn of the century, to the beginning of recorded sound to the present is to hear points in a timeline, to time travel.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Day visitors and overnight guests can utilize a variety of rental options to explore the quiet wetlands of the Colorado River estuary.—
Mariah Tyler,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2025
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Climate change and variability drive increasing exposure of marine heatwaves across US estuaries.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The earthquake, reported to be 7.7 in magnitude, struck with the force of many atomic bombs - collapsing buildings and trapping people in desperate straits.—
Roger Huang,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Still, Iran is in dire economic straits, and domestic pressure is mounting.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2025
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Rescue operations are underway Friday after a small plane with 10 people went missing over Alaska’s Norton Sound shoreline — an inlet of the Bering Sea.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
7 Feb. 2025
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Palm Beach County In Palm Beach County, the most vulnerable spots by the year 2050 would include communities just south of Jupiter inlet, including the Jupiter Ridge Natural Area, and communities east and south of the Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The battery charges in-camera via the USB-C port and takes some time to do so.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Mar. 2025
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The consortium also agreed to buy CK Hutchison’s controlling interest in 43 other ports comprising 199 berths in 23 countries.—
Juliana Liu,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Seaport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaport. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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