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nearshore
[ neer-shawr, -shohr ]
/ ˈnɪərˌʃɔr, -ˌʃoʊr /
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adjective
extending from or occurring along a shore.
verb (used with or without object)
(of a company or organization) to move offshored jobs or business activities from a distant country to a country that is much closer to the home territory:Recent plans to nearshore our distribution activities have been favorably received.Several Australian business owners have nearshored from China to Vanuatu.Compare reshore.
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OTHER WORDS FROM nearshore
near·shor·ing, nounWords nearby nearshore
near miss, near money, near-point, near real-time, near rhyme, nearshore, nearside, nearsighted, nearsightedness, near-term, near thing
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How to use nearshore in a sentence
Females are content to avoid the shallow buffet and the jaws of nearshore terrors, aiming instead to eat enough to repeatedly rear offspring over time.
Females spent most of their foraging time in the open ocean, diving deep for prey, while males stuck to shallower, nearshore habitats, feeding continuously on prey on the continental shelf.
The region’s nearshore waters have some of the highest concentrations of giant prehistoric megalodon teeth in the world.
Scientific definitions for nearshore
nearshore
[ nîr′shôr′ ]
The region of land extending between the backshore, or shoreline, and the beginning of the offshore zone. Water depth in this area is usually less than 10 m (33 ft).
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