as in underwater
living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water a lifelong fascination with sharks and other fearsome aquatic creatures

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Recent Examples of aquatic Read More | ‘Argentina’s top aquatic predator’ released in wild for first time. Miami Herald, 11 July 2025 Graduates are invited back for ongoing group classes, continuing their aquatic journey from floating and diving to building advanced swimming skills. Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 11 July 2025 Like aquatic, art, and music therapy, golf is simply another modality to encourage play, engagement, and healing through joy and movement. Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 Ichthyosaurs were aquatic reptiles that resembled dolphins and reigned as formidable predators in the oceans between 250 million and 90 million years ago. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for aquatic
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Adjective
  • Fossils in the park can showcase Paleozoic marine life from a period when the entire area was underwater.
    Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 24 July 2025
  • Kate Winslet broke Tom Cruise's underwater filming record from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) of six minutes with a record of seven minutes and 14 seconds.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 July 2025
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  • Courtney has been pushing the Navy to adopt measures to expand what has become known as the submarine industrial base.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
  • It is expected the Chinese submarine force to grow to 65 boats by 2025 and 80 by 2035 because of an expansion of submarine construction capacity.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025

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“Aquatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aquatic. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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