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sea breeze

noun

Definition of sea breeze

as in breeze

a light air movement that blows from the sea toward land The sea breeze moderates the town's temperature, making it several degrees cooler on hot days than locations inland.

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Recent Examples of sea breeze The sea breeze picks up in the afternoon, which ushers in air cooled off by the ocean and fog across the Bay. — Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 Even at the peak of the season (between exhaustive heat waves), some days are cooler and rainier than others, or even chilly with the sea breeze. — Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026 Wherever your summer getaway takes you along the Southern Maine coast, the cooling sea breezes are sure to follow. — Josh Roberts, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 His idyllic days were marked with sea breezes, rose petals scattered on the beach, and rosehips growing amidst seagrass, honeysuckle, and black-raspberry vines. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sea breeze

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The shot fades into a close-up of Liam, his perfect coif billowing in the ocean breeze.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2026
Areas away from Chesapeake Bay have enjoyed abundant sunshine Thursday with a refreshing breeze and highs around 70°.

— Steven Sosna, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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Helium plays an important role in wind, solar and nuclear energy production, space exploration, medical imaging and research.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Gradually, contributions from nuclear fission and solar-, water-, and wind-power have augmented our supply.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

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These electrodes provided a path for electric current through the molecule.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
El Niño’s influence on US weather is strongest in winter, when the jet stream — a fast-moving current of air that helps steer storms — typically shifts south and extends east across North America.

— Sam Hart, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

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