How to Use deepwater in a Sentence

deepwater

adjective
  • The depot, which includes two deepwater docks, is close to opening.
    — Keith Schneider, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
  • From molten lava to cracked concrete, alien metals to deepwater algae, no two keys are alike.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Not much for deepwater exploration, the pupfish stay at depths of 80 feet or less.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • Ultra-deepwater drilling is so complex that experts liken it to space travel, and the dangers are well known.
    — Antonia Juhasz, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
  • At a coarse level, there are three types of shipping, transoceanic or deepwater routes, short sea or near shore routes and inland shipping.
    — Michael Barnard, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • When deepwater fish are brought rapidly to the surface, gases in their organs and tissues expand.
    — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The project will include two pipelines to carry crude from shore to the deepwater port, reducing the need for ship-to-ship transfers of oil.
    — Matthew Daly, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Much smaller than the colossal squid, at only a foot in length at most, its eyes are around an inch wide, useful for parsing out light in its deepwater habitat.
    — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Lionfish thrive in many marine habitats, from mangroves and seagrass beds to deepwater reefs and shipwrecks.
    — Osmar J. Luiz, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
  • Hence, came the idea—and the subsequent mad dash—to license and build deepwater oil terminals offshore of Texas.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In 2013, the two companies drilled a deepwater well together in the gulf.
    — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The dive was part of an expedition in the Gulf of Alaska to explore deepwater habitats.
    — CBS News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Russia needed the expertise of an oil giant like Exxon to extract the deepwater reserves.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
  • These companies are eager to search for untapped, deepwater fossil fuels by firing dozens of air cannons into the ocean, five or six times a minute, for months on end.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 6 July 2017
  • Seafood is of course abundant on the island, where every day, fisherman easily haul in full catches of deepwater tuna, mahi mahi and lobster.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Plans include $600 million to build the nation’s first deepwater Arctic port in Nome.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The lavish Lowcountry compound also includes a 550-foot deepwater dock, a kayak launch, and a boat lift.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The answer came from the Port of Stockton, which regularly dredges the nearby deepwater channel and was looking for a place to dump sand.
    — Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
  • The researchers concluded that constructing deepwater wind farms would not measurably slow the movement of this energy.
    — Gregory Brew, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Oil experts say a key reason for the interest was that exploration in the deepwater oil fields — known as pre-salt, for their blanket of salt — has become less risky and cheaper over the years.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The shorter trips to Europe don’t require as many of the largest tankers—undermining demand for the deepwater terminals.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Crews have worked to clear the debris and reopen the deepwater shipping channel into the Port of Baltimore by the end of May.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
  • Marine welders handle massive, oddly shaped, and heavy components such as deepwater jacket strengthening rings and module nodes.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • Although tropical reef corals are the best known, scientists are increasingly finding cold and deepwater corals of various species and hues.
    — National Geographic, 21 Dec. 2016
  • Just looking at oil, S&P sees deepwater output rising above 2 million barrels per day and then plateauing for five to seven years.
    — Ben Geman, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
  • For centuries, the deepwater, Caribbean harbor in Charlotte Amalie welcomed traders and tourists from across the globe.
    — Joe Sills, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • While the industry has been drilling in ultra-deepwater for years, 20K allows access to wells previously deemed too risky.
    — Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Along Iran’s coastline, deepwater ports are hard to come by, making Kharg Island vastly important.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The cofounder of the company whose submersible imploded on a visit to the deepwater site of the Titanic’s remains is turning his eyes to the stars.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • In part, that’s because scientists knew little about the habits of many deepwater marine mammals before the spill, so have trouble detecting changes from current data.
    — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2020

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