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- adjective Spanning the whole
ocean
Etymologies
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Examples
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A Pacific Tsunami Warning Center evaluation of the quake said an oceanwide tsunami was not expected.
Japan Earthquake 2011: Magnitude 7.4 Temblor Causes Tsunami Warning 2011
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An earthquake as small as 6.9 had never spawned an oceanwide tsunami.
Rogue Wave Boyd Morrison 2010
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I'll bet that's one carving that won't show up on the midnight buffets of cruise ships oceanwide.
nightnurse Diary Entry nightnurse 2005
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But not only did each of these famous whales enjoy great individual celebrity — nay, you may call it an oceanwide renown; not only was he famous in life and now is immortal in forecastle stories after death, but he was admitted into all the rights, privileges, and distinctions of a name; had as much a name indeed as Cambyses or Caesar.
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But not only did each of these famous whales enjoy great individual celebrity -- nay, you may call it an oceanwide renown; not only was he famous in life and now is immortal in forecastle stories after death, but he was admitted into all the rights, privileges, and distinctions of a name; had as much a name indeed as Cambyses or Caesar.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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And his aides have happily played along with stories drawing links between the two - despite oceanwide differences in ideology, temperament, intellectual habits, personal history and rhetorical style.
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To see the natural beauty and biodiversity of Svalbard, join Oceanwide Expeditions (www. oceanwide-expeditions.com,
Svalbard, Norway 2008
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