adjective
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on or from the other side of the Atlantic
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crossing the Atlantic
Other Word Forms
- transatlantically adverb
Etymology
Origin of transatlantic
Example Sentences
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A "real one-off" photograph which inspired the album cover of Led Zeppelin's fourth album has sold for £16,000 after a transatlantic bidding war.
From BBC
Ivory Coast has done little to preserve the memory of the transatlantic slave trade.
From Barron's
They marked the first definitive sign that the transatlantic alliance, which had survived for nearly 80 years, had fractured.
From Salon
His films, to an extent, reflected that transatlantic residency in their freshness of perspective.
From Los Angeles Times
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has assured European leaders the US does not plan to abandon the transatlantic alliance, saying its destiny "will always be intertwined" with the continent's.
From BBC
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