high sea

noun

: the open part of a sea or ocean especially outside territorial waters
usually used in plural

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On the cruise’s opening day, strong winds on the high seas did not stop the spirit from delivering. Essence, 2 Feb. 2025 Just 16 years earlier, the U.S. under Johnson had set out to prevent nations from making unilateral claims to the high seas. Jack Truesdale, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025 The unusually high sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico that helped both Hurricanes Milton and Helene strengthen were 200 to 500 times more likely because of climate change, according to research released Wednesday. Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024 From an opening scene on the high seas as a French merchant ship is aflame to a stag hunt on an aristocratic estate to a pistol duel at dawn, the writer-directors capture the scope and grandeur of Dumas’ story. Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high sea 

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high sea was before the 12th century

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“High sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20sea. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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