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Teams installed a main seawater valve on a waterborne carrier and performed detailed inspections of high-pressure turbine components.—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026 Yet Israel has become a water superpower through its mastery of and investment in desalination, the process of converting seawater into freshwater.—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026 Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.—Michelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026 The laboratory is a teaching and research seawater laboratory and is considered a water dependent use, records show.—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seawater
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of seawater was
before the 12th century