Atlantic

adjective

At·​lan·​tic ət-ˈlan-tik How to pronounce Atlantic (audio)
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1
a
: of, relating to, or found in, on, or near the Atlantic Ocean
b
: of, relating to, or found on or near the east coast of the U.S.
2
: of or relating to the nations that border the Atlantic Ocean
the Atlantic community

Examples of Atlantic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The largest movement of peoples across the seas occurred by brutal force, through the Atlantic slave trade. TIME, 18 Mar. 2024 Related article Stunning photographs capture starlings migrating through Europe Ryan Stalker, who took the winning image, explains that the goose barnacles attached to the football are not a native to the UK but sometimes wash up on its shores during Atlantic storms. Nell Lewis, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 The office politics were complicated; partly to avoid being used as a lever to force Shawn out, Whitworth took the Atlantic job and moved to Boston. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024 Here, five miles of unspoiled beaches unfurl along the Atlantic and sandy trails wind through dense maritime forest. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024 The series followed fishermen who fish for Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina. Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024 The bills would prohibit offshore wind turbines within one mile of the coastline or intracoastal waterways as well as within all state waters, which extend three nautical miles from shore on the Atlantic side of the state and nine nautical miles on the Gulf side. Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024 An easy introduction to the Atlantic diet is the cozida, a meat and vegetable stew. Christian Mysliwiec, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024 The whale was found at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront along the Atlantic coast. USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of Atlantic was in 1594

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“Atlantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Atlantic. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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