How to Use transpacific in a Sentence

transpacific

adjective
  • That's whether Phoenix can attract more transatlantic and transpacific flights.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
  • So maybe a transpacific flight is too long for having nonreclining seats.
    — Christopher Elliott, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
  • Yellen’s visit comes after a long drought in transpacific dialogue.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • But the carrier prohibits carry-on pets on transatlantic and transpacific flights.
    — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Although historians knew of this transpacific slave trade, the origins of its victims were lost.
    — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Supply chains are interrupted and transpacific travel has ground to a standstill.
    — Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2020
  • United is both the largest transatlantic carrier and the largest transpacific carrier.
    — Ted Reed, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The timeliness of transpacific ocean shipping, as measured by Flexport, is at its worst ever.
    — The Editors, National Review, 15 Dec. 2021
  • This epic passage established a transpacific link, and no other shipping route has been more successful or lasted longer.
    — Time Staff, Time, 28 June 2018
  • This capability would slash transatlantic and transpacific flight times.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
  • The flight also marks Boston’s first non-stop service to Asia and the 787’s first transpacific flight.
    — Jason Paur, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2012
  • Transatlantic and transpacific flying are expected to return more slowly.
    — Kyle Arnold, Dallas News, 11 May 2020
  • Many longer transatlantic flights and most transpacific routes, however, would require refueling stops.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 28 Jan. 2025
  • This Irving coffee shop gives you the chance to grab a delicious sando without having to drop a grand on a transpacific flight to Japan.
    — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • And then, 14 years after that, the Spanish colonized Manila as the hub of their transpacific trade.
    — Salvatore Babones, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2015
  • Even when hostilities ease, restarting transpacific trade will bring additional risks.
    — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The argument was that coolies, as they were typically called, were akin to slaves and that shipping them was a transpacific variation of the Atlantic slave trade.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This is part of United's ongoing transpacific expansion.
    — Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But that same stimulation can be overwhelming—especially right off a grueling transpacific flight.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But airlines are starting to bring back a handful of transatlantic and transpacific flights to places such as Madrid, Paris and Tokyo, meaning those big planes with longer range will be needed once again.
    — Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • On a 10-year loan from China, the pair took the transpacific flight to Washington in mid-October last year and have since settled into their new home.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
  • So South Korea’s decision to play ball is receiving some unusual transpacific attention.
    — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 5 May 2020
  • American’s major Pacific assets is a transpacific alliance with partner Japan Air Lines.
    — Ted Reed, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The main goal is transpacific range capability for affordable on-demand, supersonic passenger travel.
    — New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
  • One of the many kinks in the supply chain is that smaller shipping companies that previously worked regional routes in Asia have gotten into the transpacific business as demand and freight rates skyrocketed this year.
    — Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • That would better position Sky Harbor to receive more international travelers, potentially paving the way for new transatlantic and transpacific routes.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
  • Broadway is a testing ground for the West End, and vice versa, with Sydney and Melbourne not infrequently triangulating the transatlantic (and transpacific) theater trade.
    — Mikael Jansson, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2019
  • The state's power costs are relatively low, Hillsboro is close to transpacific communications cables that land on the Oregon cost, and property is inexpensive compared to other markets.
    — Mike Rogoway, OregonLive.com, 28 May 2018
  • Beijing’s failure to contain the coronavirus — on top of a trade war that punished Montana farmers — has eroded China’s standing and created an opening to attack lawmakers who promoted transpacific ties.
    — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2020
  • In recent years, Delta revamped its Premium Select offering on all transatlantic and transpacific flights with handmade amenity kits and premium accessories, such as memory foam pillows.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2025

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