Atlantic
of or relating to the Atlantic Ocean.
of, relating to, or situated on the eastern seaboard of the United States: the Atlantic states.
of or relating to the countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean, especially those of North America and Europe.
of or relating to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or its members: the Atlantic Alliance.
the Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean.
Railroads. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.
Origin of Atlantic
1Other words from Atlantic
- sub-At·lan·tic, adjective
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How to use Atlantic in a sentence
In March 2020, The Atlantic launched a daily podcast about living through the pandemic, called “Social Distance.”
‘Qualify the context’: Publishers see success with podcasts created to deepen coronavirus crisis coverage | Sara Guaglione | February 26, 2021 | DigidayAlexis Madrigal is a staff writer at The Atlantic and co-founder of the Covid Tracking Project, which compiles, annotates, and publishes high-quality data about the outbreak.
Announcing the MIT Technology Review Covid Inequality Fellowships | Bobbie Johnson | February 23, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewA wedge of milder air intrudes off the warm Atlantic, in the lower layer of the cloud.
Sleet vs. snow: The reason behind Thursday’s icy mess | Jeffrey Halverson | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostThey met on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic, each from the shore of a different continent.
A Love Letter For All the Days After Valentine's Day | Susanna Schrobsdorff | February 14, 2021 | TimeWatching this all from across the Atlantic, the DoJ has slowly collected and built evidence to take on Google.
The future of Google and what it means for search | Pete Eckersley | February 5, 2021 | Search Engine Watch
There was Air France Flight 447, which fell into the south Atlantic in 2009.
Red Tape and Black Boxes: Why We Keep ‘Losing’ Airliners in 2014 | Clive Irving | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Atlantic has reported extensively on the at least $600 million Amazon stands to be paid for handling CIA data.
“The youngest old man any of us knows,” an unnamed friend of Atlantic Publisher David Bradley said of Hughes.
The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America’s Worst Gay Power Couple | James Kirchick | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMuch like the Taj Mahal, Revel opened in classically gaudy Atlantic City style in April 2012—with a sunrise Champagne toast.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal | Olivia Nuzzi | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNotoriously, Atlantic City did not get its first supermarket until 1996.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal | Olivia Nuzzi | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is still a general tendency in universities on both sides of the Atlantic to treat propaganda as infection.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsHe had the sun-scorched look of a traveller who has just crossed the Atlantic, and he smiled at Bernard with his honest eyes.
Confidence | Henry JamesIt was republished at once in America, and was welcomed as warmly on this side of the Atlantic as on the other.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingTheir territory extended 400 miles on the Atlantic coast, and "from the Atlantic westward to the South sea."
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellMany wonderful things were seen by the sailors as they crossed the broad Atlantic.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
British Dictionary definitions for Atlantic
/ (ətˈlæntɪk) /
the Atlantic short for Atlantic Ocean
of or relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
of or relating to Atlas or the Atlas Mountains
Origin of Atlantic
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