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 growing intensity of the fire naturally tends to accelerate the sea breeze; so the fire, like your other characters, is working toward its own destruction.
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
For example, imagine the taste of an apple or the feel of a sea breeze on your skin.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Built for winter homebodies and self-care fiends, their new aromas include sea breeze, firewood and forest air.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Miami Beach, with sea breezes acting as a coolant, should be 79 at that hour, according to the weather service’s hourly forecast graph.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
For example, imagine the taste of an apple or the feel of a sea breeze on your skin.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Built for winter homebodies and self-care fiends, their new aromas include sea breeze, firewood and forest air.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Miami Beach, with sea breezes acting as a coolant, should be 79 at that hour, according to the weather service’s hourly forecast graph.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea breeze
Noun
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Not to mention, a one-piece will make getting ready for your graduation an absolute breeze.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Glamour,
27 Mar. 2025
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The smooth porcelain interior heats up evenly and is a breeze to clean.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Getty fire in 2019, which led to evacuation orders, could have easily gotten out of hand had winds been any higher.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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The storms are anticipated to bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and penny-sized hail (0.75 inches).—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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Such an approach is an important current within literary criticism, and a tonic against our book culture’s reflexive humanism, which can become its own kind of kitsch.—
Charles Finch,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Sea breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20breeze. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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