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as in marine
of or relating to the sea
the theory that ancient mariners took advantage of oceanic currents to roam the seas on primitive rafts
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as in deep-sea
of, relating to, or occurring in the open sea
during his solo crossing of the Atlantic he managed to avoid the fierce oceanic storms that rage in those tropical latitudes
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as in vast
unusually large
an oceanic field of wheat that stretched as far as the eye could see
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Recent Examples of oceanic
Some researchers are investigating whether alkaline materials can be added to the ocean to suck up carbon, while others are exploring methods such as cloud seeding to prevent water vapor from reaching the stratosphere or oceanic fertilizer dumping to trigger phytoplankton blooms.
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Christie Wilcox, science.org, 27 Dec. 2024
Their design motifs are dreamy and child-like, weaving an under-the-sea element that manifests in an oceanic color palette, along with characters of squid, whales, octopi—and kids!
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Facials blend oceanic ingredients like algae and marine mud to heal and detoxify.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
What To Know Using advanced climate simulations, the research team explored how future atmospheric rivers will interact with oceanic conditions such as surface temperatures and water mixing.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Christie Wilcox, science.org, 27 Dec. 2024
Their design motifs are dreamy and child-like, weaving an under-the-sea element that manifests in an oceanic color palette, along with characters of squid, whales, octopi—and kids!
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Facials blend oceanic ingredients like algae and marine mud to heal and detoxify.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
What To Know Using advanced climate simulations, the research team explored how future atmospheric rivers will interact with oceanic conditions such as surface temperatures and water mixing.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Related article Massive sinkhole threatens to swallow West Virginia police department Takashi Oguchi, a geographer from the University of Tokyo, said sinkholes are rare in Japan, where most roads are built on unconsolidated fluvial and marine sediments.—
Yumi Asada, Chris Lau and Minori Konishi,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Researchers suggested follow-up surveys both for deep-sea sea cucumbers specifically and for exploring marine life in the region more generally.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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The researchers hope their study serves as a call to further investigate deep-sea biodiversity in the face of encroaching human activities like industrial fishing and offshore drilling.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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Coda Octopus View 3 Images Augmented reality comes to deep-sea divers, thanks to the US Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Coda Octopus's Divers Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) system.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
27 Jan. 2025
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That legislation, passed in 1980, acknowledges the unique management challenges of Alaska’s vast tracts of public lands and requires federal agencies to cooperate with state managers.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
31 Jan. 2025
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But there was space for one new project to be unveiled, a documentary feature about the Grenfell Tower fire, the 2017 tragedy in which 72 people died that exposed government failure, greed and the U.K.’s vast wealth divide.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the wreck, which was one of the deadliest maritime disasters in the Pacific Northwest’s history.—
Joel Sams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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They are not allowed into the U.S. — a policy to deter maritime migration.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2025
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However, while pelagic sharks thrived, some species faced physiological limits in extremely warm waters.—
Melissa Cristina Marquez,
Forbes,
1 Nov. 2024
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The state’s shores offer temperate-weather hiking with views of dramatic cliffs, crashing waves, pelagic birds such as the blue-footed booby and several species of sandpiper, and native wildflowers.—
Dakota Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2024
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Parson turned his corner lot into a showcase of creativity, beginning with a giant cutout of Bigfoot.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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Those are giant movies, so there’s a lot of expectations and there’s a lot of money.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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One thing management certainly has announced is a gigantic restructuring of TV and digital assets.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2025
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Kim Kardashian called Swift a snake on social media and the singer turned it into — at the time — a record breaking tour complete with a gigantic king cobra stage prop.—
Bryan West,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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No laws prevented Musk from interviewing Alice Weidel, a leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, on X, thereby providing her with a huge platform, available to no other political candidate, in the month before a national election.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025
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As a huge fan of the original, this is good news to me!—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Oceanic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oceanic. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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