How to Use transoceanic in a Sentence

transoceanic

adjective
  • These enigmatic creatures evolved around the same time and are known for epic transoceanic migrations.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
  • In one respect, the space of politics in 2024 is transoceanic.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
  • On its transoceanic voyages, the megalodon would have played a key role in distributing nutrients across the oceans, the study notes.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 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
  • Sleek exterior aside, Eleuthera is designed for transoceanic cruising.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 July 2023
  • Horus is equipped with a hybrid propulsion system that enables transoceanic adventures with fewer emissions.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
  • Scientists believe the creatures arrived via ballast dumps from transoceanic freighters making their way to Great Lakes ports.
    — CBS News, 23 Sep. 2023
  • While transoceanic sailors could determine latitude from the altitude of the sun at noon with the aid of a table giving the sun's declination for the day.
    — Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Perhaps Virgin Galactic rockets would help passenger planes make transoceanic flights in record time.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Containers are the large metal boxes that shippers fill with all manner of goods and stack atop cargo vessels for convenient, transoceanic transport.
    — oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2023
  • But until laws that prohibit overland supersonic flight are changed, Boom will be limited to transoceanic routes.
    — Fortune, 15 June 2021
  • Regarding range, the yard says Senses 62 is capable of transoceanic crossings.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2022
  • And while current prototypes won’t be making transoceanic flights anytime soon, their proofs-of-concept could guide better, more efficient, and larger craft in the years to come.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Powered by the builder’s signature solar technology, the 62-footer has transoceanic range when cruising at eight knots.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Like Concorde, Boom's aircraft will only fly at supersonic speeds on transoceanic routes, while cruising at subsonic speeds over land.
    — Howard Slutsken, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Mobile phones arrived, but the early ones functioned only at home; travelers hacked the problem by swapping out SIM cards as their transoceanic flights touched down.
    — Elisabeth Eaves, Wired, 1 Oct. 2020
  • This tension between connecting to Europe or to the transoceanic world has been a factor in British government and foreign policy for centuries.
    — Conrad Black, National Review, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The boat is claimed to offer a range of 3,500 nautical miles and can conduct transoceanic surveys and missions in the most challenging environments.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • While transoceanic vessels would require long-lasting solutions, inland cargo vessels can use its containerized powerpack system.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The only way to know for sure is to collect and sequence lots more hornets from across their native ranges, to get a better picture of their family tree and which branches are potential launching pads for a transoceanic journey.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The Italian design studio tapped into its engineering prowess to create a blue-water cruiser that is capable of tackling transoceanic voyages.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Because the federal government banned all civilian supersonic flights over land 50 years ago, the studies examined transoceanic travel.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Modern society has been shaped by, and depends on, many complex, interlocked systems—GPS, the internet, transoceanic shipping.
    — Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2023
  • As the world pulls up its drawbridges during a time of pandemic and questions the merits of globalization, Malacca is a reminder that such transoceanic exchange has a long history of bringing both promise and peril.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
  • And the land border means China can transport cars to Russia by rail, an important factor because China lacks its own fleet of transoceanic carrier ships for vehicle exports.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The other thing that killed the Concorde was the 1973 ban on supersonic travel over the United States, which limited the planes to transoceanic travel.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2019
  • Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot has rightfully been enlisted for the transoceanic itinerary.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2023
  • And pursuing a new global accord to monitor, protect, and repair transoceanic submarine cables would allow Washington to share the burden of repairing those cables in times of crisis.
    — Robert Martinage, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2015
  • The full-displacement ice-class hull—presented in satin gold—is intended for transoceanic cruising, greatly contributing to the yacht’s range of 6,000 nautical miles at 11 knots.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2026
  • At Marintec in Shanghai, China, last week, the head of the company’s marine division predicted that transoceanic electric vessels will be plying the seas within three years.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025

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