adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of inshore
Example Sentences
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Three of New Zealand’s eight navy ships—two offshore patrol vessels and one inshore patrol vessel—were mothballed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
They can be found around Scotland's coastal and inshore waters.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023
Last month, on the first day of Louisiana’s inshore shrimp season, a tank platform collapsed, pouring 14,000 gallons into Terrebonne Bay and ruining the catch.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022
“When these bunker come inshore, the sharks are feeding on them,” he said.
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2022
The inshore waters —the bays, the sounds, the river estuaries, the tidal marshes — form an ecological unit of the utmost importance.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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