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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeast Australia and western New Zealand.
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- proper noun A
marginal sea of thePacific Ocean . It is located betweenAustralia andNew Zealand .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand
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Examples
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Just beyond us it makes a sharp left turn and proceeds by a series of sharp twists and folds to the Tasman Sea, which is a hazy glimmer in the far distance.
Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990
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The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately
WN.com - Articles related to Australia mining firm strikes gold in RP 2010
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The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately
WN.com - Articles related to Australia mining firm strikes gold in RP 2010
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The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across.
WN.com - Articles related to Australia mining firm strikes gold in RP 2010
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To get to Sydney we will have to cross the Tasman Sea, which is notorious for strong cold fronts whizzing up from the southern ocean from June onwards.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across.
WN.com - Articles related to Australia mining firm strikes gold in RP 2010
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With a deep low sitting over the Tasman Sea, cold air was drawn up from the Antarctic across much of southern and eastern Australia.
Weatherwatch: Thousands evacuated after impact of tropical storm 2011
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Across the Tasman Sea in New Zealand, Mainfreight added 2.7% after saying Monday it has agreed to buy Netherlands-based Wim Bosman Group for an initial price of €110 million.
Deals Activity Lifts Tokyo Market Shri Navaratnam 2011
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Australia has more than 300 robots actively working in the multinational program, the second highest after the U.S., reporting to international data centers from the Indian, Pacific and Southern oceans and the Tasman Sea.
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Despite that onslaught the only player who came close to a fatal blow on that tour was New Zealand's Ewen Chatfield from Peter Lever after England had retreated from their frontline ordeal across the Tasman Sea.
Mohinder Amarnath's bravery for India was a lesson for the cricket world | Rob Bagchi 2011
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