How to Use transatlantic in a Sentence

transatlantic

adjective
  • The peak year for the transatlantic slave trade was 1829.
    Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Which of course fueled the team’s transatlantic dreams.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • This isn’t the first such transatlantic supply chain to take shape.
    Mary Hui, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The route marks the airline's third transatlantic service.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Think of wealth that can be traced back to transatlantic slavery.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • This is not a time for lofty speeches about the need for transatlantic unity.
    Ulrich Schlie and Thomas Weber, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Instead, the current crisis has shown the strength of transatlantic ties.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The teen's father, who is a transatlantic sailor, was quickly on board with the concept.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
  • That includes Cape Coast Castle, which was a hub of the transatlantic slave trade.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
  • My heartbeat thrummed in my ears as static danced in the background of the transatlantic call.
    Daniel Miller Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • There are shades of William F. Buckley, a little bit of a transatlantic lilt.
    Olivia Nuzzi, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The transatlantic slave trade killed millions of Africans who were forcibly taken from their homes.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Because of the transatlantic slave trade, we’ve been stripped of our identity in so many ways.
    Anna Katherine Clemmons, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Any weakening of the transatlantic alliance would be a huge win for Putin.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The flight is United’s only transatlantic flight that does not serve a United hub.
    Ted Reed, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Fotis's sister Rena was on the next transatlantic flight out of Greece.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 May 2022
  • After all, the pilot of a transatlantic flight does not pump up the polka after wheels up.
    James Lileks, Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
  • Once the proverbial and actual coasts were clear, the Africans were divided among the men who had planned the transatlantic run.
    Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
  • In Europe, the United States is a source of anxiety, the possible weak link in the transatlantic chain.
    Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The ship is slated to leave Barcelona on May 21 to make the transatlantic voyage to arrive to Florida on June 4.
    Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 18 May 2021
  • Inspired by a transatlantic light, France might leave them behind as well.
    Adam Gopni, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers have locked in a Detroit stop next summer as part of a transatlantic tour.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Watch this space as the next chapter in low-cost transatlantic air travel begins.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 13 June 2021
  • In 1808, the Unites States banned the importation of slaves, effectively putting an end to the transatlantic slave trade.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The European Union and the US have settled on a new transatlantic data-sharing pact.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 10 July 2023
  • And the trend is transatlantic: Even across the pond in the U.K., the most recent data indicates that workspaces are getting busier on Fridays.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, on transatlantic crossings Oneiric is designed to cruise in full-electric mode up to 70% of the time.
    Bill Springer, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • Visitors learn about the transatlantic slave trade and the role that northern U.S. cities had in subsidizing the slave trade.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Yet her transatlantic success hasn’t come without its qualms.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Ukraine and our capacity to provide for its defense is a litmus test of a new transatlantic burden sharing.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024

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